Memoir of Governor Andrew : with personal reminiscences . dence was,that Governor Andrew ranked amongthe purest, the most generous, the mostmagnanimous, the most unselfish and pa-triotic statesmen of the world. At the same time, he was the most un-conventional of men. He was simple inhis tastes, natural in his appearance andconduct, and had a gentleness and a youth-ful artlessness of character united with alion heart in courage. His armor was his honest thought,And simple truth his utmost skill. He passed more than twenty years in anarduous profession, and never earned more I42 MEMOIR OF JOHN
Memoir of Governor Andrew : with personal reminiscences . dence was,that Governor Andrew ranked amongthe purest, the most generous, the mostmagnanimous, the most unselfish and pa-triotic statesmen of the world. At the same time, he was the most un-conventional of men. He was simple inhis tastes, natural in his appearance andconduct, and had a gentleness and a youth-ful artlessness of character united with alion heart in courage. His armor was his honest thought,And simple truth his utmost skill. He passed more than twenty years in anarduous profession, and never earned more I42 MEMOIR OF JOHN A. ANDREW. than enough for the decent and comforta-ble support of his family. He devoted hisbest years to the country, and lost his lifein her service. His highest ambition wasto do his duty in simple faith and honestendeavor. Of such a character the well-known lines of Sir Henry Wotton are emi-nently applicable: — This man was free from servile bandsOf hope to rise, or fear to fall;Lord of himself, though not of lands,And having nothing, yet had BURIAL-PLACE AND MONUMENT, HINGHAM, MASS. ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY OF BOWDOINCOLLEGE. September, 1844. ORATION. It has fallen to me, my brethren of theAthenaean Society, to utter the words ofwelcome, at this recurrence of our annualfestival. Our Alma Mater has opened her armsonce more, and enfolds us now togetheragain, in the embrace of old and kindlyrecollections, of warm and hearty greetings,of young friendships matured or revived,of manly and hopeful and generous faithin each other and in our literary of us are allowed to revisit her ateach return of our college thanksgiving;some of us only meet around the familyboard at longer intervals, to find the nurs-lings, the children of the flock, grownstrong and stalwart men ; to perceive the 10 I46 MEMOIR OF JOHN A. ANDREW. lines deepening upon the countenances,and the locks growing thin and frosty onthe brows of the elders; to witness howcare and tim
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