. Memories of Yale life and men, 1854-1899 . ation—gave him happiness and stirred him to fresh would press forward with all energy, and any neededoutlay of effort or means, to secure what it might haveto give him. When he had made It his own, and foundit of true value, he hastened with joyful ardor to relatehis good fortune to his friends, as If he had possessedhimself of a hidden treasure. His manner of speakingrendered what he told more Impressive. It was a partof the man, which united itself with his Inward satisfac-tion and the intensity of his feeling, and thus broughtthe list
. Memories of Yale life and men, 1854-1899 . ation—gave him happiness and stirred him to fresh would press forward with all energy, and any neededoutlay of effort or means, to secure what it might haveto give him. When he had made It his own, and foundit of true value, he hastened with joyful ardor to relatehis good fortune to his friends, as If he had possessedhimself of a hidden treasure. His manner of speakingrendered what he told more Impressive. It was a partof the man, which united itself with his Inward satisfac-tion and the intensity of his feeling, and thus broughtthe listener, for the time at least, into sympathy withhis delight. In conversation with friends or intelligent visitors—especially when his visitors were prominent men inscientific lines—his mind was often wakened to its high-est activity and Interest. He showed himself, at suchtimes, to be full of Information, gained alike throughhis own researches and as the result of his intercoursewith scholars in different parts of the world. He had 410. PROFESSOR OTHNIEL C. MARSH MEMORIES OF YALE LIFE AND MEN travelled extensively and, wherever he went, had formedthe acquaintance of those whom it was most desirableto know. He thus had abundance of anecdote, as wellas of learning, and could make use of whatever he pos-sessed for the entertainment or Instruction of his undue prominence, however, was assumed for him-self in such friendly interviews; he was as ready tolisten, as to speak, and was ever with open mind towardsnew knowledge, from whomsoever it might come. In his attitude and in his manner of expressing him-self, a certain formality was characteristic of was this manifest in cases where he soughtan interview with others on matters of business, or onsubjects of interest with respect to his own particularwork. The slight and somewhat peculiar hesitation Inhis utterance rendered this formality more was always struck with this singularity of manne
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