To each of you, good luck--God bless you and be with you.

Indeed, I think we could put it this way: our institutions of learning, and our churches, have become the true mobilization centers of those forces which may now save civilization.

We have arrived at that point, my friends, when war does not present the possibility of victory or defeat.

The affection that inspired this gathering, I venture to say, is the most valuable commodity--unseen as it is, it is bound to be felt by him today, and in the future.

War would present to us only the alternative in degrees of destruction.

The pursuit of peace is at once our religious obligation and our national policy.

I merely want, therefore, as my part in this celebration, to help him thank you for coming here, because I know that his own heart will be so full of gratitude and humility that he can't say it as eloquently as he should like.

Now I want to look forward this evening, instead of back.

It would be, indeed, difficult for me to find the words in which to express the deep sense of pride I have in accepting the Honorary Doctorate of this College.

It means that in the estimation of all of these people, that he, as the first citizen of your State, does a worthy job in your service.

Let each of us pray for peace--pray that He who rules over nation and man may guide every human being toward that wisdom and understanding that forever will bar from mankind the scourge of war.

Unless there is this understanding developed in our institutions of learning, and unless that understanding is related to the truth, of the essentially spiritual character of man with his spiritual longings and aspirations, we cannot do…