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Providence, and at the renowned academies of An- 

 dover and Exeter. He was about the youngest in 

 age, and in purse certainly the poorest. The class 

 numbered at graduation thirty, and his rank was 

 nine, having assigned him for his part at Commence- 

 ment, a conference with Edward D. Pearce and 

 Alexander Burgess. This is the class, be it remem- 

 bered, which Professor Gammell was accustomed to 

 characterize as the ablest in the point of talent and 

 influence of which he had personal knowledge. 

 Among its members was Robinson, late the honored 

 President of the University; Bradley, the Valedicto- 

 rian, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode 

 Island; Ames, the Salutatorian, who died soon after 

 graduation; Morton, Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court of Massachusetts; Burgess, Bishop of Illinois; 

 Lothrop, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- 

 tentiary to the Court of Russia; Wilson, Judge of 

 the Circuit Court of Illinois, and the leading lawyer 

 in that State; Thomas A. Jenckes, one of the ablest 

 Representatives to Congress from this or any State, 

 the author of Civil Service Reform; Cole, President 

 of a Theological Institution; Clarke, for nine years 

 City Solicitor of Providence; and Arnold, Bowers, 

 Dike, Reed, Stockbridge, Sumner and Tustin, all 

 Doctors of Divinity. To have attained the rank of 

 nine in such a class, under adverse circumstances, 

 indicates perseverance, and talent of no ordinary 

 character. 



At length the last term of the Senior year drew to 

 a close, and he was led to recall the words of his 



