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Excerpt from Education, and Not Instruction: An Address Delivered at the Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Founding of Salem College, at Salem, West Virginia, June 12, 1913
The other vessels of the fleet, though smaller, were similarly constructed and similarly equipped, and as their crews bent to their oars or set the bellying sails, they chanted their ancient Sagas, reciting vic tories of the past and the glories of other days; or they sang of the mighty Thor and the all-powerful god, Odin, -the long bearded Thunderer, Father of Victory, God of Hosts, and Father of All. As the chorus of lusty voices, co-mmingled with the strains of a thousand harps, was caught on high by the swift winds that bore them on their martial way, they were all blended into one mighty, exultant paean of confident victory in impending mortal conflict, such as to mock the merciless clamour of hungry ocean's roar in her most threatening mood. On the foredeck of the imposing Dragon, stood the commander of the fleet, of giant stature and kingly mould. Across his massive forehead ran an ornamental gold band, set with gems as flashing and as priceless as ever graced the diadems of the far-famed rulers of Golconda. His long, yellow hair, fair as mellow sunshine, fell upon his broad shoulders, and his full beard, tawny as a lion's mane, dropped half way to his girdle. His face and hands were bronzed from long exposure to storm and wind. His eyes, a deep, dark blue, in whose depths lurked smouldering fires of passion, gave token of a determination and will that brooked no defeat; while through his veins coursed a torrent of such life giving blood as irresistingly impels the victor of a thousand bloody battles to plunge into a final struggle of life and death. 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.
