AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 6/ 



CHAPTER VL 



WASHINGTON — A LARGE CLASS — THE PRESIDENT A PUPIL — THE WHITE 

 HOUSE — HALLS OF CONGRESS — DIPLOMA — DR. NEWMAN'S ADDRESS 

 — GOLD MEDAL. 



In the latter part of the year 1871 I deter- 

 mined to visit the capital of the nation — that 

 renowned emporium of knowledge and wisdom 

 — the city of Washington. Fortified by previous 

 success, I determined on such an effort here as 

 should signalize my profession, and effectually 

 silence those who sought to stigmatize my sys- 

 tem and lessen confidence in myself by speaking 

 lightly of both. Themselves pretenders to knowl- 

 edge, and ignorant of what I taught, I have found 

 them ever ready to insinuate that all is " hum- 

 bug " which does not emanate from their would- 

 be fruitful brains. And now I ask a careful 

 attention to the narrative of my unexampled 

 success while sojourning in this city, in connec- 

 tion with the character and intelligence of the 



