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title: 'Commencement Address [July 25, 1867]'
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authors:
- 'John Williamson Nevin'
date: 1867-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'United States'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 14'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/nevin-1867-commencement-address-july-25-1867
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# Commencement Address [July 25, 1867]

J. W. Nevin's 1867 commencement address urges graduates and alumni to trade youthful illusion for mature responsibility, reflecting on the Civil War as a national rebirth and call to civic duty.

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