The New Hampshire College Monthly . generation and yet these ideas have become more pureand noble. Every study which makes a man follow out the historyof his race compels him to see the finger of Providence in it andevery subject which brings him into close touch with Nature liftshim from it to its Creator. The Love of Science is a term which is much used in thepopular discourse of the day and if it is used in its right sense,that of an admiration of all that is sublime in Nature, it is a beau-tiful one. Every advancement in science then becomes animprovement in moral culture. And what can be
The New Hampshire College Monthly . generation and yet these ideas have become more pureand noble. Every study which makes a man follow out the historyof his race compels him to see the finger of Providence in it andevery subject which brings him into close touch with Nature liftshim from it to its Creator. The Love of Science is a term which is much used in thepopular discourse of the day and if it is used in its right sense,that of an admiration of all that is sublime in Nature, it is a beau-tiful one. Every advancement in science then becomes animprovement in moral culture. And what can be said more of asubject than that it betters and makes a character more noble?What can be more noble in a man than for him to devote his wholetime to this advancement of science? He stands deaf to flatteryand hostile criticism, patient in poverty and oppression, dead tothe temptation of self-interest and ever loyal to the advancementof the masses and his love of science. This man is an example of true greatness. Charles E. P. I Hamilton Smith. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE MONTHLY 7 HAMILTON SMITH. It is not easy to overestimate the loss to the college and thetown occasioned by the death of Hamilton Smith. An earnestfriend of education, always interested in the welfare of thoseabout him, he had won a unique place in the esteem and affectionof the citizens of Durham, and of those connected with the collegein particular. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, July 5, 1840, and residedthere until his fifth year. Upon the death of his mother he wasbrought to Durham, and remained here until he was fourteenyears of age. Returning then to Louisville he became interestedat an early date in mining, and by his indomitable energy andperseverence, added to his native quickness of perception andstrength of character, he laid the foundation for that remarkablesuccess which made him the recognized authority in his chosenprofession. His mining interests kept him in touch with the most remotep
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