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Caption: Commencement - 1927
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enemy. Slowly, under the influence mainly of Chri ianity, this view has been replaced with the idea of the brotherhood of man. The principle of this relationship of brotherhood is more widely accepted now than it used to 1 Its application in practical life is still limited but slowly spreading. It is for us to encourage its spread and make it a world ideal. You are going into a world in whose affairs it will be your duty to apply these principles of international conduct. You have had, at the expense of the people, a better education than falls to the lot of some. This, I believe entails on you correspondingly greater responsibility in the discharge of your duties of citizenship. I commend these principles of national conduct to your careful consideration. Your adherence to them will put and keep our country in the leadership of the nations,—not in mere economic power nor in mere political dominance, but in that greatest of all influences—the moral leadership of the world. By your adherence you will keep true to Illini traditions and ideals. 12
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