Dublin University and the New World; A Memorial Discourse Preached in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, May 23, 1921 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1921 Excerpt: ... PREFACE It has long been the custom in Trinity College, Dublin, to preach a sermon in memory of its distinguished alumni on Trinity Monday. This year I had the privilege of preaching this sermon, which the Board of the College honoured me by asking me to print. This I have done, taking occasion to expand it. Perhaps I may be allowed to state that part of my address comes from my unpublished book on the "Migrations of Men, Ancient and Modern." Lord Bryce has been so extremely kind as to write me an Introduction to it. I desire to thank most warmly Dr. L. C. Purser for the Dedication he was good enough to compose, and Mr. T. U. Sadleir for the valued assistance he gave me in the compilation of my Appendix. My wife corrected the proofs with all her usual care. The President of Harvard University, Mr. A. Lawrence Lowell, performed the same kind office for me, and I feel grateful to him for his corrections. ROBERT H. MURRAY. n, Harcourt Terrace, Dublin, Si. Bartholomew's Day, 1921. VI DUBLIN UNIVERSITY AND THE NEW WORLD "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth."--Heb. xi. 13. There is a peculiar pleasure in tracing the connection between remote cause and effect. A Chinese emperor builds a great wall, and the outcome is the downfall of the mighty Roman Empire. For the barbarians, no longer able to plunder the treasure of China, come west until they reach Rome herself. Similarly, if we were asked the question why the English did not leave Ireland during the fifteenth century, we might reply by saying that the cause lay in the blocking of the trade routes of the Levant by the Turks. Men could no longer trav...