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account of the way in which he acquitted himself at an inter-state 
oratorical contest held in Madison some years before. “I remember 
nothing about the contestants or their subjects,” says Prof. Allen, “ex¬ 
cept that the delegate from Milton College attracted our attention by 
his intellectual countenance and fine bearing.” In 1882, he was elected 
Assistant Professor of Latin, and four years later was placed in full 
charge of the department. In 1883-4 he spent another year in Germany, 
for the purpose of pursuing some special studies. Throughout his life 
he was a hard worker at whatever he undertook. Never robust, he un¬ 
doubtedly overtaxed his strength by intense application to his studies. 
For several years, though he himself displayed great confidence and 
courage, his immediate friends had been solicitous about his health; and 
when a threatened attack of pneumonia prostrated him in November, 
1888, they feared that the end was not far off. He rallied, however, and 
for a short time resumed his work in the University, but was soon com¬ 
pelled to relinquish it, and started on a Southern trip in the hope of 
regaining his health. The effort was fruitless. He died in Redlands, 
California, May 14, 1889. 
Prof. Heritage wrote very little for publication. His most important 
literary work was an edition of the Dialogues of Tacitus, which, at the 
time of his death, he had been for some years engaged in preparing. 
It seldom happens that the nil nisi verum of the biographer becomes 
more nearly one with the nil nisi bonum of the eulogist than in the case 
of Mr. Heritage. Of an exceptionally keen and accurate mind, he was 
no less distinguished for the integrity of his character. 
His work as a pupil and a teacher I know only at second hand. Of 
the latter Prof. Allen wrote: “Under his charge the Latin department 
has advanced steadily in thoroughness and breadth of training. As 
every year I have taken some of the higher classes in Latin, I have 
noticed a marked improvement from year to year in the quality of the 
scholarship, especially in the capacity of ready and correct translation. 
His power as a teacher was very great. He won the affection and con¬ 
fidence of his classes in the highest degree, and was as distinguished for 
firmness and strictness as for courtesy and fairness.” 
While capable of making a thoroughly creditable appearance in public, 
and always holding the attention of his hearers by his clearness in both 
thought and expression, he did not seek publicity. He was essentially 
a man of the study. The energy, which with many gifted people largely 
spends itself in more ostentatious ways, with him was rather employed 
in enlarging and refining his personal culture. And thus the informal 
contacts of intimate friendship became a source of keen delight. It was 
in this phase of his life that I knew him best. Conversation with him 
was always enriching. He approached a question not in the role of a 
debater, but of an inquirer. As far as the interests of truth are con- 
