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Stanza 1

Goodwil is the

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GOODWILL is the monarch of this house
Men, unacquainted, enter, shake hands,

exchange greetings, and depart friends.
Cordiality exists among all who abide within.

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Stanza 2

I am the eminent

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I am the eminent expression of friendship.
Character and temperament change under my dominant power.

Lives, once touched by me become tuned,
and are thereafter, amiable, kindly, fraternal.

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Stanza 3

I inspire the musician

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I inspire the musician to play noble sentiments,
and assist the chemist to convert ungenerous personalities
into individuals of great worth.

I destroy all ignoble impulses.
I constantly invoke principles which make for common brotherhood,

and the echo resounds in all communities,
and princely men are thereby recognized.

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Stanza 4

Education, health

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Education, health, music, encouragement, sympathy, laughter:
All these are species of interest given of self-invested capital.

Tired moments find me a delightful treat,
Hours of sorrow a shrine of understanding,

At all times I am faithful to the creed of companionship.

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Stanza 5

To a few

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To a few I am the Castle of Dreams,
Ambitious, successful, hopeful dreams.

To many, I am the Poetic Palace
where human feeling is rhymed to celestial motives.

To the great majority,
I am the Treasury of Good Fellowship.

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Stanza 6

In fact, I am

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In fact, I am the College of Friendship;
The University of Brotherly Love;
The School for the Better Making of Men.

7
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Name and Author

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House of Alpha

By Sidney P. Brown