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twinge of pain or reaching a vital part. On the contrary, 

 he was keenly sensitive, naturally quick and impulsive ; 

 but he had acquired the art of rigid self-control. Under 

 strong provocation his eyes would flash, his cheeks flame, 

 his lips quiver, his robest frame shake with indignation 

 and righteous wrath ; but he would stand still, wrestling 

 with himself and allowing no unguarded word, often no 

 word at all, to escape. Such an impressive and masterful 

 illustration of self-conquest has often reminded us of the 

 inspired writer's eulogium : "Verily, he that ruleth his 

 own spirit is greater than he that taketh a city." The 

 conqueror of cities has generally shown himself a grown- 

 up and spoiled child, peevish, fretful, intolerant even of a 

 courteous difference of opinion. Alexander, for example, 

 when his vanity was piqued, sent a javelin through the 

 heart of his best friend and ablest general for having 

 ventured to criticise one of his campaigns, and then in a 

 second fit of ungovernable remorse turned his sword 

 toward his own bosom, and would have died a suicide had 

 not an officer's hand turned aside the point. 



What a contrast with all this was Doctor Cook ! He 

 not only welcomed the widest and freest discussion, but 

 could bear the stoutest opposition. Nor would he ever 

 assume an air of mortification and injured innocence, if 

 he happened to be voted down. Habitually and delicately 

 considerate of the feelings of others, he would rarely an- 

 tagonize directly our purposes and plans, but would seek 

 to overcome them, either by progressive suggestions or a 

 final adroit substitution of his own. He cultivated good 

 nature as he did self-command, and this with the aid of 

 divine grace resulted in his attaining one the most uni- 

 form and charming of dispositions. In the clashing of 

 ideas and interests, common to all bodies like a Faculty, 

 he never gave any of us — that I can remember — one harsh 



