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THE SCIENTIST. 
Projector, Author. Founder und Invent- 
or.'' Dr. Elliot speaking of liini said: 
''What an astonishing impetus that man 
has." President D wight said : "He is as 
full of resourses as an egg is of meat.'' 
Daniel Webster said: 'Tie is alwa3^s 
thinking, alwa\'s writing, always talking, 
always acting." 
There were eleven children born to Dr. 
Morse and his wife, only three of whom 
survived. These were, Samuel Finley 
Bruse, Sidney Edwards and Eichard 
Gary, all three of whom lived to old age 
and were prominent in the Scientific, 
Literary and Social world. 
Richard Carey Morse was born 1795. 
Entered Yale in 1808 when but fourteen 
years of age and graduated in 1812, the 
youngest member of his chiss. He was 
amanuensis for President D wight until 
1814 and died in Bavaria, Germany, in 
ISGS after a useful life in the Presbyte- 
rian Ministry. 
Sidney E. Morse was born in 1791. En- 
tered Yale in 1805 when but eleven years 
of age and graduated in 1811. When only 
seventeen years of age, he wrote a series 
of papers for the public press which 
were acceptably published, ou, "The dan- 
gers from undue multiplicity of new 
states." In 1823 he, (with his brother 
Kichard,) established the New York Ob- 
server, which is still one of the leading 
religious newspapers. In 1839 he pro- 
duced the new art of ''Cleogorphy" for 
printing maps ou a common printing 
press. Later he invented the '"Batho- 
meter," an instrument for rapidly ex- 
ploring the depths of the sea. He was a 
profound scholar, an able mathematician 
and a genial companion; he died in New 
York hi 1871. 
Samuel F. B. Morse was born in 
Charlestown, Mass., at the foot of Bun- 
ker Hill, August 27th, 1791. At the time 
of his birth, Dr. Belknap of Boston in 
writing to Postmaster General Hazzard 
of New York scid : 
"Congratulate the Monmouth Judge 
(Morse's Grandfather) on the birlh of a 
Grandson. Next Sunday he is to be load- 
ed with names, not quite as many as the 
Spanish Embassador v/ho signed the 
treaty of peace in 1783, but only four. As 
to the child, I saw him asleep so can say 
nothing of his eye, or his genius peeping 
through it. He may have the sagacity 
of a Jewish Kabbi, or the profundity of 
a Calvin, or the sublimity of a Homei-, 
for aught 1 know, but time will tell ! ! !" 
At the age of four he was sent to 
boarding S'ihool, and made himself con- 
spicuous on one occasion Ly scratching 
a rude sketch of the school-marm" on a 
chest of drawers with a pin, for which 
he ^var, punished by being pinned to the 
Schoolniarm's dress. He rebelled how- 
ever, against this indignity, and in his ef- 
forts to getaway took a goodly portion of 
the dress with him. This was probably the 
first time his artistic talent received notice 
if not encouragement. At seven he was 
sent to the preparatory School at Andover, 
after which he entered Phillips Academy _ 
At thirteen he wrote a sketch of the life 
of Demosthenes. His attainments in gen- 
eral scholarship were remarkable, and at 
the age of fourteen, he was passed 
qualified to enter College. His father 
however, thought best to detain him for 
a year, but at fifteen he entered Yale 
and graduated in ISIO. His natural 
talent led him to decide upon painting as 
a profession. While still in college lie 
had painted many portraits of his class 
mates with reasonably gi^od amateur suc- 
cess; he therefore began a course of art 
study under Washington Allston (a 
famous artist at that time) as soon as he 
was free from college duties. In 1811 
he sailed from New York for Europe in 
the ship Lj^dia; after a voyage of twenty 
days he reached Liverpool and wrote at 
once to his parents. In this letter he 
says : — 
" I only wish you had this letter now, 
to relieve yowY minds from anxiety, for 
while I am writing I can imagine mother 
