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MATER FORTISSIMA.

PHI BETA KAPPA POEM, JUNE 25, 1903.

Hath lifted high God's truth upon his shield.

And she, who wears the wisdom of the ages,

She, who in everlasting youth abides,

She, who her sons, the heroes, martyrs, sages,

From youth to manhood and to glory guides,--

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"Go forth," she cries, "from strength to strength forever;

Serve me by serving God and man," she saith;

"Steadfast, upright, of strong and high endeavor,

Fear nothing, and be faithful into death."

For the message of the Master

Down the centuries has rolled;

And the Pilgrims heard the burning word

Like Evangelists of old;

In the cabin of the Mayflower,

When the northwind swept the seas,

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