:08:05
I take the war list
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and I run down it.
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Name after name, which I cannot read
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and which we, who are older than you,
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cannot hear without emotion.
:08:20
Names which will be only names to you,
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the new college.
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But which to us summon up face after face,
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full of honesty and goodness,
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zeal and vigour
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and intellectual promise.
:08:41
The flower of a generation.
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The glory of England,
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and they died for England
:08:48
and all that England stands for.
:08:51
And now by tragic necessity,
their dreams have become yours.
:08:56
Let me exhort you. Examine yourselves.
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Let each of you discover
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where your true chance of greatness lies.
:09:05
For their sakes,
:09:07
for the sake of your college
and your country, seize this chance.
:09:11
Rejoice in it
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and let no power or persuasion
deter you in your task.
:09:21
Thursday, October 10th, 1919.
:09:24
My frst day at Cambridge was rounded off
:09:26
by the freshmen's dinner, a sumptuous affair.
:09:29
The master gave us a moving speech
:09:31
and I'm now eagerly awaiting
the start of term proper.
:09:35
Rugby club, golfing society, tennis,
:09:38
squash club, flora and fauna, philately.
:09:41
Is that all? You're an idle man!
:09:43
- I've got to work some time.
- Try bird-watching. You can take a book.
:09:47
How can I watch if I'm reading a book?
:09:49
Follow in the footsteps of WG.
Any Yorkshiremen here?
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I can't bat for toffee.
:09:55
# Upon the batle scene
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# They fight the foe together
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# There every mother's son