Excerpt from Address on the Life and Character of Andrew Wylie, D. D: Late President of the State University, of Indiana; Delivered Before the Alumni of the University, by Theophilus Parvin, M. D., Of Indianapolis, Indiana, July 14th, 1858, at Bloomington It is meet that this annual assembling of the Alumni, and the Commencement, should occur when external Na ture presents so much to charm the sense and cheer the heart. The Heavens with their golden sunshine, the goodly Earth clothed with rich verdure, and glad with summer song and summer harvest, smile a blessing upon man. What more auspicious moment for the mariner to weigh anchor and turn his prow to the open sea, than when the sun shines in summer glory from a cloudless sky? And staunch, trim crafts, freighted with golden hopes, to-morrow weigh anchor and commence their return less voyage upon the ocean of life. God guard them when the starless night and winter storm come. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.