CHAPTER XXV. 



HIS LAST LECTURE IN COLLEGE: THE TROUBLES IN KAN- 

 SAS: SLAVERY. 



Reception of his Travels in Europe : Letter from President Sparks. His 

 Birthday, (1854). Conclusion of his College Lectures. Mr. Gajani. 

 Death of Friends. Induction of Mr. Dana into Office. Professor 

 Silliman's Views on Slavery. The Meeting in aid of the Kansas Set- 

 tlers. Encomium upon Professor Silliman by Senator Foster. His 

 Letter to the National Intelligencer. Letter from Senator Hale. Let- 

 ters from Josiah Quincy. His Birthday (1856). Interviews with 

 Washington Irving. The New Year (1857). Letter on the Claims of 

 Christianity. The New Haven Correspondence with Mr. Buchanan. 

 Vindication of Professor Silliman by Senator Dixon. Letter from Sen- 

 ator Trumbull. Letter from Senator Sumner. Letter to Dr. Hitch- 

 cock. Letters, chiefly on Politics and Slavery, to Mr. John Taylor. 



THE welcome accorded to his published volumes 

 of travel, "A Visit to Europe in 1851," was grate- 

 ful to his feelings. Some of the letters of commen- 

 dation which he received, as well as notices by the 

 press, are preserved in the Diary. 



President Sparks writes from Cambridge, December 8, 

 1853 : " Let me thank you most cordially for the vol- 

 umes which you so kindly ordered to be sent to us. I had 

 scarcely time to open them before I was taken ill. But this 

 I cannot regret, as they have afforded a delightful recrea- 

 tion during the progress of my recovery, within the last few 

 days, especially as Mrs. Sparks has occasionally lent me 

 her voice, and participated in the enjoyment. The work 

 has afforded me the double pleasure of reviewing many 

 agreeable reminiscences, and furnishing me with much in- 



