“To-day we have had a public Declamation, and in the
preparation my chief difficulty was to determine how many
lads should be allowed to make selections from your speech.
I send you a programme, from which you will see that there
is a good sprinkling of the true spirit. To you, intrusted
with the momentous interests of our whole country, not
to say those of the world, these boyish affairs may seem
trifling.”