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MATER FORTISSIMA.

PHI BETA KAPPA POEM, JUNE 25, 1903.

Leader of leaders in the nation's van,

Marching erect, behold her captain glorious

Who gives his life to freedom and to man.

From the North, from the South, from the East, from the West,

They come, to be born again;

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To the North, to the South, to the East, to the West,

They go to prove them men.

In the field, at the desk, at the court, in the mart,

With the joy in their eyes and the fire in their heart,

To struggle, to strive, to obey, to command,

To work, and to leaven the land.

Again the song the fathers sang before us!

The cheer that rings through voice and heart again!

The multitudinous, triumphant chorus!

The mighty mother marshalling her men!

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