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foundation of its library. I well remember the gratified feeling 
with which, long afterwards, I incidentally heard that the first 
President of the University, on viewing this slender collection, 
expressed - opinion that the books had been well selected for 
the purpos 
I have never ceased to be particularly interested in the Uni- 
versity in which I expected to pass my life. I regret that cir- 
cumstances have hitherto almost wholly prevented me from per- 
sonally verifying the impressions which I have received of the 
amplitude of its appliances for the higher education io of the 
worthy and efficient use that is made of them indeed, 
glad that I have lived to see the acorn which was ne platited in my 
youth develop into “ the fre ne oak,” vigorous and benef- 
icent in its youth, and rich in the promise of future years. May 
its leaf never wither nor its fruitape fail. 
Please convey to the Senate my heartiest thanks for such 
“kind remembrance and cordial greetings,” and believe me to be 
Very truly yours, Asa GRAY. 
LINES 
On Dr. Asa Gray’s Seventy-fifth Birthday, November 18, 1885, 
Oft times it haps the singer’s voice is ect 
hen most is needed eloquence of so 
And oft the heart, though stirred by passions strong, 
So is it with myself. - ie wenls } 
f 
On this birthday, when friends a come to praise 
His virtues and his works. To such as he 
There cometh certain immortality ! % 
GEORGE E. DAVENPORT. 
TO A. G. 
On his Seventy-fifth Birthday. 
Just Fate, prolong ea pe Segal -spent 
ose indefatiga 
e been as gaily innocent. 
ret fragrant as his flow 
November 18, 1885, cae ames RusseLt Lowen. 
