. Memories of Yale life and men, 1854-1899 . give a few descriptivewords, which may serve, in some measure at least, topicture them to others as they presented themselves tomy thought and vision. The full, large manhood of aman of greatness and goodness is, probably, never seenby any single one of the circle of his friends. The sumof the revelations which he makes of himself to thewhole company is needed, in order that he may beknown as he truly is. But the thought of each one con-cerning him has its value, and may be helpful in its ownway and measure. When Professor Harris came to us, he was
. Memories of Yale life and men, 1854-1899 . give a few descriptivewords, which may serve, in some measure at least, topicture them to others as they presented themselves tomy thought and vision. The full, large manhood of aman of greatness and goodness is, probably, never seenby any single one of the circle of his friends. The sumof the revelations which he makes of himself to thewhole company is needed, in order that he may beknown as he truly is. But the thought of each one con-cerning him has its value, and may be helpful in its ownway and measure. When Professor Harris came to us, he was fifty-sevenyears of age. He was a native of the state of Maine,and was a graduate of Bowdoin College. His pastorallife, from 1841 to 1855, was spent in Massachusetts,but for sixteen years previous to 1871 he had been, atfirst a Professor of Theology in the Divinity School atBangor, Maine, and subsequently the President of thecollege which had given him his early education. Hewas, as a consequence, comparatively a stranger to us 294 <^ ^. PROFESSOR SAMUEL HARRIS MEMORIES OF YALE LIFE AND MEN when we presented to him our Invitation to the DwightProfessorship and, greatly to our satisfaction, receivedhis acceptance of our offer. We knew him, however, byreputation, and through acquaintance with his writingsand his work as a theologian. Some of us had enjoyedopportunities of meeting him occasionally, while all ofour number were persuaded of the general, as well asthorough harmony of his views with our own. Hisentrance upon his duties was coincident in time with thecompletion and the opening of the first of our newbuildings, and with the beginning of the marked increasein the number of our students. At the very outset, hecommanded the respect and excited the Interest of theyoung men in his classes. His lectures were highly ap-preciated. They were full of thought coming from hisown mind, and were stimulative to thought in otherminds. His style was admirably adapted to the wantsand
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