Courage

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Courage, by J. M. BarrieThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: CourageAuthor: J. M. BarrieRelease Date: January 21, 2004 [EBook #10767]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COURAGE ***Produced by Al HainesTHE RECTORIAL ADDRESS DELIVEREDAT ST. ANDREWS UNIVERSITYMAY 3rd 1922COURAGEBYJ. M. BARRIEHODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED TORONTOTo the Red Gowns of St. AndrewsCanada, 1922You have had many rectors here in St. Andrews who will continue in bloom long after the lowly ones such as I am aredead and rotten and forgotten. They are the roses in December; you remember someone said that God gave us memoryso that we might have roses in December. But I do not envy the great ones. In my experience—and you may find in theend it is yours also—the people I have cared for most and who have seemed most worth caring for—my Decemberroses—have been very simple folk. Yet I wish that for this hour I could swell into someone of importance, so as to do youcredit. I suppose you had a melting for me because I was hewn out of one of your own quarries, walked similar academicgroves, and have trudged the road on which you will soon set forth. I would that I could put into your hands a staff for thatsomewhat bloody ...