12 M E M I R O F 



Professor Sewall, in his eulogy on Dr. Godman, 

 remarks, in relation to this period of his life : " He 

 pursued his studies with such diligence and zeal as 

 to furnish, even at that early period, strong intima- 

 tions of his future eminence. So indefatigable was 

 he in the acquisition of knowledge, that he left no 

 opportunity of advancement unimproved; and, not- 

 withstanding the deficiencies of his preparatory edu- 

 cation, he pressed forward with an energy and per- 

 severance that enabled him not only to rival, but to 

 surpass all his fellows." 



While attending his last course of lectures in the 

 University of Maryland, Professor Davidge, who was 

 his preceptor, was disabled by the fracture of a limb 

 from completing the course. He selected his gifted 

 pupil to supply his place. " This situation he filled 

 for several weeks with so much propriety; he lectured 

 with such enthusiasm and eloquence ; his illustrations 

 were so clear and happy, as to gain universal applause. 

 At the time he was examined for his degree, the 

 superiority of his mind, as well as the extent and 

 accuracy of his knowledge, were so apparent, that 

 he was marked by the professors of the university as 

 one who was destined at some future period to con- 

 fer high honour upon the profession." 



Dr. Godman graduated in the Second month, 1818, 

 and soon after settled in Maryland, as a practitioner, 

 in a county bordering on the Chesapeake, the spot 

 described with so much truthful beauty in some of 

 the numbers of his "Rambles of a Naturalist." 

 Here he devoted all the intervals of leisure from a 



