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in his own country and in the West Indies. We were upon 

 the same jury, and I came to admire him much. One day, 

 as we sat in our committee-room discussing various sub 

 jects brought before us, there appeared in the street lead 

 ing to the main entrance of the grounds a large body 

 of soldiers with loud drumming and fifing. On his ask 

 ing what troops these were, I answered that they were 

 the most noted of our American militia regiments the 

 New York Seventh; and on his expressing a wish to see 

 them, we both walked out for that purpose. Presently 

 the gates were thrown open, and in marched the regi 

 ment, trim and brisk, bearing aloft the flag of the United 

 States and the standard of the State of New York. 



At the moment when the standard and flag were abreast 

 of us, Colonel Marin, who was in civil dress, drew himself 

 up, removed his hat, and bowed low with simple dignity. 

 The great crowd, including myself, were impressed by this 

 action. It had never occurred to any one of the rest of us 

 to show such a tribute to the flag under which so many 

 good and true men had fought and died for us ; and, as one 

 of the crowd very justly remarked afterward, i i The Span 

 iard cheapened the whole lot of us.&quot; With a single ex 

 ception, it was the finest exhibition of manners I have ever 

 seen. 1 



Still another delegate was Professor Levasseur, of the 

 College of France and the French Institute. His quick 

 ness in ascertaining what was of value in a politico-eco 

 nomical view, and his discussions of geographical matters, 

 interested and instructed all who had to do with him. 



With him was Rene Millet, an example of the most 

 attractive qualities of a serious Frenchman qualities 

 which have since been recognized in his appointments as 

 minister and ambassador to Sweden and to Tunis. Both 

 these gentlemen afterward made me visits at Cornell 

 which I greatly enjoyed. 



At this time, too, I made a friendship which became 

 precious to me that of Gardner Hubbard, one of the 



1 See the chapter on my attache&quot;ship in Russia. 



