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him, entitled “The Self-Consciousness of Noted Persons,” 
appeared from a Boston press. This was a collection of self 
appreciative expressions made by a number of distinguished 
figures. Dartmouth College conferred an M. A. on him in 1857, 
the University of Vermont an LL. D. in 1874, and the University 
of Pennsylvania a similar degree in 1884. His honorable career 
in Congress constitutes one of its brightest bits of service and 
established a record whose length is yet unequalled. 
