THESE LECTURES, ADDRESSED TO YOUNG MEN AND DESIGNED SPECIALLY FOR THEIR USE, ARE DEDICATED TO TWO WHO DID NOT HEAR THEM, FOR WHOSE WELL BEING AND WELL DOING, DOMESTIC, NATIONAL, HUMAN, THE LECTURER HAS THE DEEPEST RESPONSIBILITY, THROUGH WHOM HE HAS LEARNT TO FEEL FOR ALL THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THE CONFLICTS OF THEIR AGE, WHO HAVE TAUGHT HIM HOW POOR, HELPLESS, AND USELESS THE LIFE OF A FATHER ON EARTH WOULD BE IF THERE WERE NOT A FATHER IN HEAVEN. |