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Soon, for me, the light of day
Shall for ever, pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow, free,
Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee.

— William Croswell Doane Misattributed

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Also by William Croswell Doane's father, George Washington Doane. It is from the poem "Evening" in Songs by the Way: The Poetical Writings of the Right Rev. George Washington Doane, DD., LL.D., arranged and edited by his son William Croswell Doane (Albany: Joel Munsell, 1875), p. 4.

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The success of sainthood is the success attained by struggle and suffering and achieved by faith; a success of honor, of clean hands and pure heart, of service to man and glory to God.

Make us mindful of Thy mercies in the past, and faithful to the memories and traditions of truth and justice, of religion and patriotism, in those that have gone before us.

Enthusiasm is the element of success in everything. It is the light that leads, and the strength that leads men on and up, in the great struggles of scientific pursuit, of professional labor. It robs endurance of difficulty and makes a pleasure of duty.

Address to the Tenth Graduating Class (1881)

[L]ife has no smooth road for any of us. And in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim, the very roughness stimulates the climber to sturdier and steadier steps, till that other legend of the rough places fulfils itself at last; per aspera ad astra; over steep ways to the stars.

Address to the Tenth Graduating Class (1881)

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