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ceeded in our mutual duties with entire harmony. His 

 manners were habitually polite and respectful, and his 

 temper so amiable, that during our whole intercourse there 

 was never a moment of irritation, still less of alienation. 



Professor Oliver Payson Hubbard was an alumnus of 

 Yale College, of the Class of 1828. He came from Hamil 

 ton College at Clinton, N. Y. ; and although he joined the 

 Junior Class in Yale, not having the advantage of the 

 instruction of the previous years in that institution, he took 

 a high rank among his classmates, and was greatly respected 

 for his intelligence, his virtues, and attainments. He had 

 the warm recommendation of Professor Olmsted, and was 

 agreeably remembered by me as an attentive hearer of 

 the lectures, and as indicating by his inquiries both intelli 

 gence, curiosity, and habits of observation. 



Mr. Hubbard remained with me five years, and his ser 

 vices were very important. His intelligence and gentle 

 manly bearing made him very acceptable to the strangers 

 who very often called upon us. He was also highly ac 

 ceptable to the students, whom he treated with affability and 

 kindness. His punctuality, his exactness in affairs, and 

 perfect integrity, made him entirely reliable, while his 

 knowledge of science in all the branches that belonged to 

 the department qualified him to render efficient assistance. 



Professor Silliman proceeds to speak in warm 

 terms of the eminent ability manifested by Mr. 

 Dana, who succeeded to the post vacated by Mr. 

 Hubbard. " Mr. Dana's works," he remarks, " are 

 of the highest authority, and place him among the 

 first scientific men of the age." He also dwells 

 with tender feeling upon the long - continued as 

 sistance rendered him by his son, Mr. Benjamin 

 Silliman, Jr., and his earnest and successful devo 

 tion to scientific pursuits. Honorable mention is 



