Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . onors. What changes of method professional ex-perience and independent thought may have led him toadopt in his later teaching, I do not know; but in myday he led his students somewhat slowly, perhaps, butpatiently and surely, by the systematic iteration involvedin a daily advance, immediate review and back re-view, to the gradual mastery of the thought and thegrammatical structure of the classical texts which he in-terpreted. One of the best proofs I can give that his in-struction was profitable to me is the fact that
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . onors. What changes of method professional ex-perience and independent thought may have led him toadopt in his later teaching, I do not know; but in myday he led his students somewhat slowly, perhaps, butpatiently and surely, by the systematic iteration involvedin a daily advance, immediate review and back re-view, to the gradual mastery of the thought and thegrammatical structure of the classical texts which he in-terpreted. One of the best proofs I can give that his in-struction was profitable to me is the fact that, after I hadstudied Ciceros essay on Friendship under him, I volun-tarily, and for pure enjoyment, spent the leisure hours ofseveral weeks in making, for permanent preservation, the 224 Memories of Brown best translation of this essay that such skill in Latin andEnglish as I was master of enabled me to make. Professor Lincoln was, with perhaps a single exception,the most stimulating and inspiring teacher I ever carried us through Livy, Horace, Juvenal and the rest. Professor John Peirce, 1856(Taken about 1864) at a rattling pace and with steady increase of appreciationand enjoyment on our part. We worked for him as forno other professor, and we worked willingly. Not a mo-ment of the recitation period went to waste. He did verylittle reviewing, but gave us constantly the inspiration ofworking with fresh material. He not only led us to anunderstanding and appreciation of Latin literature, buthe trained us in Latin composition also. I remember asamong the pleasantest experiences of my college life the Memories of Brown 225 rewarding sense of satisfaction with which I occasionallyread optime scriptum written in his hand at the end ofa piece of Latin that I had striven hard to bring to thelevel of his high standard of excellence. One day therewas to be a baseball match between the Harvard andBrown nines which we students wished to attend, butwhich was to take place at the ho
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