அறிஞர் அண்ணாவின் ஆங்கிலப் பேச்சு

Annamalai Convocation Address
Arignar Anna
18.11.1967

(Part 4)

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May I submit my plea to you, youths blossoming forth from this institution, be firm but not obstinate, let here be a blending of ideas, but never cheap imitation and injurious adulteration, beware of mistaking obsessions for principles and fads for facts, strike at a synthesis and avoid subservience, view as the final on to protest against injustice but project not your own view as the final one, forget not the ancient saying

“கற்றதுகைம் மண்ணளவு கல்லா துலகளவு”

And forget not to practice what you profess.

University education gives you the basic needs for this stupendous task, but that is not enough. Say along Lafayettee

I read, I study
I examine, I listen
I reflect, and out of
All this, I try to form
An idea in which I can put as
Much of commonsense
As I can.

And remember the longest journey is the journey inward, and since graduation is but the starting point of that journey, I wish you success - reach the goal yourselves - teach others to march towards the goal and let that goal be,

A world without the
Beggar’s out-stretched
Palm, the miser’s
Heartless, stony stare,
The piteous wail of
Want, the pallid face
Of crime, the
Livid lips of lies,
The cruel eyes
Of scorn,
A race without
Disease of flesh or
Brain, shapely and
Fair, the married
Harmony of form and
Use-where
Life lengthens, fear
Dies, joy deepens,
Love intensifies, and
Man regains his
Dignity.

And to get these things realized, let us one and all strive towards the ideal enunciated by Thiruvalluvar,

“உறுபசியும் ஓவாப் பிணியும் செறுபகையும்
சேரா தியல்வது நாடு”

I am confident that you are being sent into the wide world by the Annamalai university with this objective-you are bound to win, for you are adequately equipped with the spirit supplied by this great institution. May your life be a bright one, and may its luster brighten the entire land! Accept my congratulations and march onwards, towards the land of smiles.

 

 

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