. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his life, his works, his friendships . onrenown as the most beloved of American poets, hecould not have failed to become famous as an Ameri-can teacher. When I recall how anxious he everwas for our progress, how hard he worked to pushus along, I cannot refrain from quoting one of hisown stanzas, — the one which, to my mind, so beauti-fully expresses the motive by which he was alwaysgoverned in his capacity as an instructor: — Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,Is our destined end or way;But to act, that each to-morrowFind us farther than to-day. A similar tribute of re
. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his life, his works, his friendships . onrenown as the most beloved of American poets, hecould not have failed to become famous as an Ameri-can teacher. When I recall how anxious he everwas for our progress, how hard he worked to pushus along, I cannot refrain from quoting one of hisown stanzas, — the one which, to my mind, so beauti-fully expresses the motive by which he was alwaysgoverned in his capacity as an instructor: — Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,Is our destined end or way;But to act, that each to-morrowFind us farther than to-day. A similar tribute of respect is paid by anothergraduate of Bowdoin, President Hamlin of Middle-bury College. When I entered Bowdoin Collegein 1830, he writes, Professor Longfellow had occu-pied the chair but one year. Our class numberedfifty-two, the largest freshman class that had, up tothat time, entered college ; and many of its memberswere attracted by Longfellows reputation. His in-tercourse with the students was perfectly simple,frank, and gentlemanly. He neither flattered nor. 0\ Qa/^/w^ V\(
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