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remarks fixed themselves on the memory ; his con- 

 densed epithets clung about his hearers like axioms ; his 

 expression was picturesque and forcible.' As was said 

 of Burke, '' You always left him with your mind filled.' 



1 Many a maxim " fresh from life," many a flash of 

 bright thought, are among my possessions for ever his 

 gift,' was the feeling of his grateful pupils. He was a 

 most effective demonstrator. His intuition was remark- 

 able. His confident manner and his energetic reasoning 

 upon an earnest enunciation enchained his audience. 

 His strong enthusiasm and his picturesque yet inci- 

 sive style drew about him the more ardent spirits 

 among the students ; and even professors grew young 

 again while enjoying his voluble and passionate dis- 

 course, which broke in upon the monotony of life, lifting 

 them < out of the dull commonplace of a lower level.' 



4 No calculus can integrate the innumerable little 

 pulses of knowledge or thought that he has made to 

 vibrate in the minds of this generation.' l 



1 New truths are the nutriment of the world's pro- 

 gress. Men of genius discover them, insist upon them, 

 prove them in the face of opposition ; and if the genius 

 is not merely a phosphorescent glitter, but an abiding 

 light, their teaching enters in time into the university 

 curriculum.' 2 Linnseus is the father of the ' modern 

 side ' in public schools. 



Linnaeus was able to raise a university chair to its 

 highest intentions to real use in the advancement of 

 1 A. Bain upon J. S. Mill. 2 Froude. 



