Thank you for being my last class at Nebraska Law. It has been a blast! Time goes by fast; 1979 seems like only yesterday. Now for a little parting advice from a grandfather.
Courage is contagious; when you take a stand for truth it makes it easier for the next person to do so. But cowardice is also contagious. And the Law College's mission statement makes courage part of our mission.
So be courageous and live large in the law.
More importantly, be God's, find love, get married, and have as many children as God gives you. Marriage and children (and grandchildren) are wonderful gifts to make life on this planet full of love and joy. As my 3-year old granddaughter, Addie, says, "some things never change."
And, as the recent hit country music song performed by Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan says, "buy dirt [a home called Blackacre], find the one you can't live without."
By the way, I saw Jordan Davis perform Buy Dirt in person a couple of weeks ago at the Chris Tomlin concert I attended in Nashville. Unforgettable concert!
As for me, as President Washington sang in Hamilton:
Like the scripture says:
"Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree
And no one shall make them afraid."
They'll be safe in the nation we've made
I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree
A moment alone in the shade
At home in this nation we've made
One last time
And remember the Declaration on its 250th birthday: First come God-given rights, then comes government to secure those rights.
Be seeing you!
