MEMORIAL ADDRESS 



DELIVEBED BY 



EDWARD N. DICKER80N, LLD,, 



PRESENTING TO PEINCETON COLLEGE A TABLET DESIGNED TO 



COMMEMOBATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 



ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OF 



JOSEPH HENRY. 



MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN, TRUSTEES OF THE 

 COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY : 



The pleasing but sad duty has been assigned to 

 me of presenting to you this memorial tablet of 

 the beloved master, who once shed the lustre of his 

 genius over this ancient seat of learning, and once 

 attracted to its classic shades, allured by his great 

 reputation, pilgrims from all lands, to drink from 

 the living font of knowledge, ever replenished 

 and refreshed by his ceaseless contributions. 



I commit this monument to your tender care. 

 May it ever remain enshrined in this beautiful 

 temple. May its presence encourage those, and 

 the successors of those, to whom he delivered his 

 torch of science r ablaze with a light which had 



