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of Henrietta Maria, who were sounding him as to his am- 

 bitions, "no man ever climbs so high as the man who does 

 not know where he is going." We left Goodell quietly- 

 teaching at Williston Seminary, with perhaps no idea of any 

 change in his position in life, at least for the present, and 

 certainly no idea of the change that was about to come. 

 But President Clark's eye was upon him. At an Alumni 

 dinner of the Agricultural College in 1886, while he was 

 acting as president, he was called upon to speak of Presi- 

 dent Clark, who had recently died, and in his remarks he 

 indulged in a bit of personal reminiscence. He said: "It 

 was in the summer of 1867 that I received a brief note from 

 him [Clark] asking me to come to Amherst and see him. 

 No building had as yet been erected, and the several farms 

 of which the college property was composed had not yet 

 been thrown into one. Leading me out into the fields, 

 very near where South College now stands, he unfolded his 

 plans, and turning to me with his hand on my shoulder 

 said: * There is a great and glorious work to be done. Will 

 you come and help?' And what could I do with that eye 

 looking straight into mine and that hand resting on my 

 shoulder, but say, 'I will'?" 



To be in at the beginning of a new movement, or a new 

 departure from the beaten track of common experience, 

 which proves successful, is a matter of congratulation when 

 success has been attained. But it requires more courage 

 than men usually get credit for, to start with a movement 

 that is in advance of the common thought, when there is 

 liability that one may be buried in the ruins of the under- 

 taking. The new college had not only to face ignorant 

 prejudice, but it had the more difficult task of vindicating 



