The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . some ofthe acts of violence committed by the mob of Paris,and the students of the Quarlier Latin. He is alsosaid to have been arrested and condemned to deathduring that time, but w
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . some ofthe acts of violence committed by the mob of Paris,and the students of the Quarlier Latin. He is alsosaid to have been arrested and condemned to deathduring that time, but was saved by the influence ofhis brothers. In after life he never spoke of thispeiiod. He returned to America, and settled atBuckpond, Woodford county, Ky., a farm givenhim by his father, where he began the practice ofmedicine in 1800. He became prominent as a physi-cian, but soon abandoned his profession, and openeda school, an occupation that was more in keepingwith his taste for literature and languages. As ateacher he was a strict disciplinarian, severe and dog-matic in his style, encouraged the habit of argument-ation in his pupils, and constantly endeavored totrain them to be self-reliant. In July, 1830, he wasappointed president of Washington and Lee uni-versity, and held the position until September, 1834,when he resigned. In 1855 he became president ofTransylvania university, Lexington, Ky. Dr. Mar-. a---- shall possessed superior intellectual gifts, was an ac-complished linguist, and a man of high literary at-tainments. He had a deep religious sentiment, wasfor many years an elder in the Presbyterian church,and although somewhat eccentric, was greatly ad-mired. Gen. Basil W. Duke says: His opinionswere frequently inaccurate for they were much con-trolled by his prejudices, but were often profound,always striking and original. I am persuaded thathe could have equaled either of his brilliant sons,Thomas or Edward, in oratory. Dr. Marshall diedat Buckpond in 1866, VETHAK
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