“Thy Mind, O Man, Must Stretch” | John W. Welch | May 2011

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The BYU Mission Statement is examined. In order to have a lifetime of learning, all must stretch their minds and abilities. Click here to see the speech page.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the classic speeches podcast presented by BYU Speaches, bringing you treasured talks from 70 years of BYU Devotionals.
0:09.5	Be sure to check out our other podcasts by searching BYU speeches wherever you get your podcasts, or by visitingspeches.BYU.edu slash podcasts.
0:22.1	This devotional address entitled, Thy Mind O Man Must Stretch, was given on May 17th of
0:28.3	2011 by John W. Welch, then a professor of law at J. Ruben Clark Law School.
0:34.7	I am truly grateful for this recognition, and thanks to all of you for your presence here
0:40.3	today, especially to my family, to whom I owe so much.
0:45.3	I'm glad my brother Jim could play the organ today.
0:47.3	He and I were roommates in Heelman Halls in 1968.
0:51.3	He is a brother with great talents, and I've always looked up to him.
0:57.3	It is fun also to be able to address you here in the De Jong Concert Hall.
1:02.1	I remember ushering here as a freshman in 1964.
1:06.2	My wife, Jeannie and I have good memories of many dates and events here in this building, so I'm
1:12.5	glad that she and I have been able to share such an abundant life together. Concerning this
1:19.1	award, let me note that we are currently celebrating several 50th Jubilee anniversaries of
1:24.1	B.Y. Studies, the B.Y. U.S. program, the Harold B. Lee Library. And this year is also
1:29.8	the King James Version's 400th anniversary, its eighth Jubilee, and also Mormon's 1600th birthday,
1:39.0	his 32nd Jubilee. All of these representing huge parts of my life. So I counted as a special privilege
1:47.7	to be added as the 50th recipient to the list of this award's previous designees who include many of my
1:54.9	teachers, mentors, role models, and senior colleagues. In addition to our family trees, we all have our intellectual genealogies,
2:05.1	made up of people who have forged the roots and filled out the branches of our minds, interests,
2:10.4	ideals, and testimonies.
2:12.7	How fortunate we are to have such influences in our lives.
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