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PG-P.757.057
11 Aug 1757:11,12,13,21 (1494)
[Francis Hopkinson receives Bachelor of Arts at the College
of Philadelphia on May 17, 1757. The charge to the
graduates delivered by the Provost, the Rev. Mr. Smith,
printed in full. Near bottom of fourth column:]
Ardently praying that this may be your lot, I shall take
leave of you in the words of old Pollonius to his son--
The friends you have, and their adoption try'd,
Grapple them to your soul with hooks of steel.
But do not dull your palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatched unfledg'd comrade. . . [6 more lines,
credited to] Shakespeare.
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