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lished in Vol. 52 of the Proceedings under the title of a " Counsel 

 of Perfection" is an indication both of his thorough study of the 

 subject of higher education and of his mature views reached after 

 a lifetime, full of achievement on his own part for the encourage- 

 ment of higher education and for the promotion of research. 



Early in life he began to write for such journals as Tlie North 

 American, The Atlantic' Monthly, The Penn Monthly, the New- 

 York Natiofi, and various daily newspapers, as the Nezv York 

 Tribune and the Pliiladelphia Public Ledger. Through his associa- 

 tion with Henry C. Carey, he became interested in social science 

 and read largely on this subject by the side of history and literature. 

 He was active in the establishment of the Social Science Association 

 which later developed into the American Academy of Political 

 Science. A field of history which appealed particularly to him was 

 the study of the part taken by German and French immigrants in 

 the development of this country. Besides numerous articles, ad- 

 dresses and papers, the fruit of his labors in this field are to be seen 

 in two volume. The German Soldier in the Wars of the United 

 States, published in 1886, and of which a second edition, revised 

 and enlarged, appeared in 1890; and French Colonists and Exiles in 

 the United States, issued in 1907. These two volumes represent 

 contributions of permanent worth by virtue of the careful study of 

 the material gathered by Mr. Rosengarten. In both volumes he 

 traces the immigration of German and French settlers to their be- 

 ginnings, and shows exactly what influence was exerted by these 

 elements of the population in each period of our country, down 

 through the Civil War. 



A bibliography of his papers, monographs and books, prepared 

 some years ago and reaching to 1907,^ brings the number of entries 

 close to one hundred, and since the preparation of this bibliography 

 Mr. Rosengarten, despite advanced years, continued to write for 

 various journals and transactions. 



No sketch, however brief, of Mr. Rosengarten's life should fail 

 to touch on his intimate association with the scholars, writers, states- 

 men, men in public life in many lands, in this country, in England, 

 France, Germany, Austria, Holland, and Italy. There were few 



1 Published in the Alumni Register of May, 1907. 



