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th roughly familiar with the: gn • < * ' - He had many of th element of a state -man. In a w I, he < v history, and, guid 1 by its li hi ould lo cl irl into be futur 11 was a forceful writ i o or > < Id command a hearing. He id courage. He 1 I Puril in M « 1 in his veins, and it settled the wa) in whii h he would m intain a conviction. H e could withstand an assault or he uld lead an

advance; he could rise to an occasion o r he could wait v h patience and bide his time. P e r h a p s m o r e than all else he was a teacher. H e had been an apt pupil, t h e a r d e n t a d m i r e r and t h e s t r o n g friend of liphalet N o t t of Union C liege, tan whom no man in A m e r i c a had inspired and mole 1 m o r e lives. H e acquired the spirit and the ways of his own g r e a t college president. H e could put his heart against th h e a r t s of o t h e r s and warm them, and he could link his mind into t h e m i n d - of o t h e r s to draw them out and invigorate t h e m . Again a n d again former s t u d e n t s have testified to me, and in legram and letter are hourly testifying now, of the uplifting am la ing influence of Dr. G r e g o r y upon their lives. T h e s e different qualities, blended t o g e t h e r , mell 1 and refined by experience, produced an a l t o g e t h e r unusual man. one who could m a n a g e men and lead m o v e m e n t s as well ; o n e who could deal with the every-day questions of edu< ional detail b e t t e r than most men could do it, but who could not be content with doing that alorv ; one who could both fir, ouls and build institutions, and whose frail bod\ was c h a r g e d with a spirit which would permit him to do n o t h i n g loss. Even more, and what is of more import to us, t h e r e w e n

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