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chattel in commercial competition for profit, or would set
him at the throat of his fellows in a blind, brutish class strug-
gle for existence.”
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Let my last word be a wish of success and prosperity to
the most distinguished and cultured President of this noble
Institution; to the numerous and competent staff of profes-
sors who have greeted me so sympathetically; to the stu-
dents so carefully selected and diligently trained, who com-
pose the intellectual posterity of a great and far-sighted
man, the founder of this University. God bless us all ! And
may His grace make of us complete men, I mean: learned,
philosophical, and religious men I Amen.
Olivier Maurault.