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to his farm in New Jersey, he would not unfrequently 

 drive four-in-hand. This did not appear to be at all 

 from affectation or love of display, for which he had no 

 fondness; but rather from his conception of what be- 

 longed to his position in the profession and in general 

 society, of which he was so prominent a member. 



In all things, correctness, exactitude, method, and 

 thoroughness were leading aims with Dr. Wood. 

 These were shown above all other traits in his 

 courses of instruction, private and public. No pains 

 were spared to make every lecture complete, even in 

 its smallest minutice. His manner as a lecturer was 

 comparatively quiet, but sufficiently energetic; with 

 enough animation always to secure attention, although 

 never in the least approaching rhetorical excess. 

 Others might easily obtain more admiration for their 

 eloquence; no lecturer in the University was ever 

 more effective, in conveying instruction and informa- 

 tion to his classes. Especially in the abundance and ex- 

 cellence of the illustrations accompanying his lectures, 

 he was in advance of almost all his contemporaries.* 



In Dr. Wood's style as a writer, the same qualities 

 of clearness and correctness were constantly mani- 

 fested. If to any author, in science, philosophy, foren- 

 sic or general literature, the term faultless may be ap- 

 plied, it may be to him. Nor was his manner correct 



*If there was an exception to this, it was in the case of Professor Robert 

 Hare. But he, as is well known, though a very illustrious chemist, and abound- 

 ing in skilful and expensive experimentation, was not a superior lecturer. 



