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MATER FORTISSIMA.

PHI BETA KAPPA POEM, JUNE 25, 1903.

For the truth that makes men free.

The truth that makes men free--there came a seer

With radiant smile, whose eyes profound and keen

Burnt through the mist that shrouds the wildering scene,

Of love and life and death, and saw them clear

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As noonday; who, serenely standing near

To the great heart of Nature, banished fear

From all that knew his presence. Where he trod

Is hallowed ground; for, lo, he walked with God.

The truth that makes men free--behold, there came

A prophet with the poet's noblest art,

In stature like a giant, and in heart

Wide as the world, with lips and soul aflame

Christ and His church forever to proclaim;

Impetuous, kingly, true, whose very name

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