University Record: Memorial Number . king of the University. Here is a man whose exceptionally philo-sophic type of mind on the one hand, andmarvelous capacity for minute and detailedinvestigation on the other, coupled with almost UNIVERSITY RECORD 85 boundless energy and supreme devotion,might have made him the acknowledged leaderof the scholars of his own department in hisown generation, deliberately abandoning thishigh honor when it was already within sight,in order that he might minister the more di-rectly and widely to the men of his time. I would fain speak of many other character-istics
University Record: Memorial Number . king of the University. Here is a man whose exceptionally philo-sophic type of mind on the one hand, andmarvelous capacity for minute and detailedinvestigation on the other, coupled with almost UNIVERSITY RECORD 85 boundless energy and supreme devotion,might have made him the acknowledged leaderof the scholars of his own department in hisown generation, deliberately abandoning thishigh honor when it was already within sight,in order that he might minister the more di-rectly and widely to the men of his time. I would fain speak of many other character-istics of this great scholar, such as his desire for truth and hatred of shams, his interest inmen rather than things, and his catholicity ofspirit; but I must content myself with the sim-ple but heartfelt acknowledgement of my owninestimable indebtedness to him for the impart-ation of higher and broader ideals of scholar-ship and of life. No influence can surpass invalue that which comes through daily contactwith the life of a great
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