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among his students. Dr. Carson said of him, " Disinterested 

 and generous in his relations with the world, mild and con- 

 ciliating in deportment, open and affable when approached, 

 urbane to every one, his virtues shone conspicuously within 

 the circle of his friends. With his pupils he was sympathiz- 

 ing ; he entered cheerfully into their discouragements and 

 difficulties ; and those who confided to him received that en- 

 couragement and counsel so grateful to the student's feelings. 

 He was emphatically the student's friend." 



