Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . I sawhim contract his eyebrows and purse up his lips. Why this is so curt f was his disheartening production was not Ciceronian or Livian the leastbit. I explained that as I was obliged to speak in Latin,and wished so far as possible to be understood, I had pur-posely made my sentences short, and had paid little at-tention to mere euphony. He was not satisfied, but tookthe unlucky salutatory away for further our next meeting, he courteously expressed the fearthat he had been too short with m
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . I sawhim contract his eyebrows and purse up his lips. Why this is so curt f was his disheartening production was not Ciceronian or Livian the leastbit. I explained that as I was obliged to speak in Latin,and wished so far as possible to be understood, I had pur-posely made my sentences short, and had paid little at-tention to mere euphony. He was not satisfied, but tookthe unlucky salutatory away for further our next meeting, he courteously expressed the fearthat he had been too short with me ; nevertheless, he wasnot satisfied. The Latin was correct; but the style didnot befit the occasion and subject. He handed me aformer salutatory more after his taste to serve me as a 402 Memories of Brown model. The sentences were magnificent rolling periodshalf a page long. I, of course, endeavored to modify myjerky production in the direction of euphony, amplitudeand elaborateness of diction, and between us the piecewas at length done. Then there was more trouble for. Looking North on Prospect Street me. Professor Lincoln had recently adopted the Romanpronunciation, and desired me to use it in delivering myoration. I had very little time in which to master the artof saying (videre) we-day-reh instead of vye-dee-ry, and Idoubt if it was any particular pronunciation which I used Memories of Brown 403 on commencement day. But this requirement, that Ishould speak not only in Latin, but with a pronunciationstrange to me and unintelligible to the audience, de-stroyed my last hope of impressing upon that great gath-ering the burning thoughts which I had so laboriouslyforced into Latin. I was not happy when my turn cameto mount the commencement platform. I had first to ad-dress a few remarks to President Robinson; his expres-sion was severe, inflexible. I was sure he neither under-stood my flattering endorsement of him, nor cared to un-derstand. As I addressed the alumni, a large c
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