48 JETHRO WOOD; 



not too much to say that in spirit, however 

 different in detail, Jethro Wood would have 

 anticipated Stephen Girard, Ezra Cornell and 

 John S. Hopkins, in nobly founding a great in- 

 stitution of learning. 



In private life Jethro Wood was a model 

 man. If he had faults it is impossible to as- 

 certain them, for it would seem, from the con- 

 current testimony of all who were acquainted 

 with him, that 



" None knew him but to love him, 

 None name him but to praise." 



Although a consistent member of the Society 

 of Friends, Mr. Wood was extremely liberal 

 in his religious views, and did not conform to 

 the peculiar dress of the sect. He had that 

 truly Catholic spirit so admirably characteris- 

 tic of the great Quaker-poet, John G. Whit- 

 tier. Not even the cruel wrongs he sustained 

 at the hands of dishonest infringers could 

 turn the sweetness of his kindly temper. Na- 



