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active part in the concerns
of religion & literature & in the civil
affairs of our country, your
influence, my young friends, scattered
as you will be in various parts of our country & this world over a considerable
portion of the globe will be very considerable. We ^anxiously wish
to secure it all, if possible, on
the side of christian piety &
morality, of good government
& social order.-- In wishing
this, we regard your true interest
& happiness the comfort of your
parents & friends, as well as as our
over gratification. In this you will
answer most satisfactorily the
intention of the pious founders of
this Institution.

Our feelings toward you, young
gentlemen, are of the parental
kind, [?] anxious for your