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President Goodell had occasion often to consult with 

 Senator Morrill, but unfortunately little that passed be- 

 tween them in writing has as yet been discovered. 



The story is too long to be told here of the many sugges- 

 tions and plans which engaged the attention and occupied 

 the minds of men, which eventually led up to the estab- 

 lishment of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. It will 

 be sufficient to say that in his annual message to the Gen- 

 eral Court, January 6, 1865, Governor Andrew announced 

 that the Massachusetts Agricultural College had been lo- 

 cated at Amherst, and added : " I beg to commend the sub- 

 ject of agricultural education, and the patronage of this 

 institution of the State to your liberality. I should deeply 

 regret to see an institution which bears the name of Massa- 

 chusetts and will be held to be representative of the Com- 

 monwealth, especially of the highest aspirations of her 

 yeomanry, allowed, for want of generous support, to de- 

 generate into a mere industrial school." 



In his concluding remarks on this subject his Excellency 

 states the spirit in which the Commonwealth should pursue 

 the work she has begun; and his words so completely de- 

 scribe the feelings which animated President Goodell in 

 his long service at the institution then inaugurated that 

 they may be quoted as eminently applicable to him and 

 his work : 



"When the Commonwealth touches such a subject, she 

 ought to feel herself to be like the priestess, advancing to 

 handle the sacred symbols, and on holy ground. She should 

 remember her own dignity, the immortality always pos- 

 sible to states, the error of which she is the promoter here- 

 after, if she commits herself to error now, the boundless 



