Extracts From a Journal of Travels in North America Consisting of An Account of
Extracts From a Journal of Travels in North America Consisting of An Account of
Samuel Lorenzo 1783 1838 From Old Catalog Knapp
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He entered upon his office under some disadvantages ; but his failure has not been so signal as was antici- pated. Indeed it may be questioned whether the narcotic effects of his lectures are not attributable as much to the contrast between him and his predecessor as to intrinsic defect. But this gentleman was not contented to enact Rigdumfunidos in the college dormi- tory ; the silent applause bestowed on his hebdomadal lullaby did not satisfy his Iiigh reaching mind ;- — a few years ago the p...oor man, like my lady Go-nimble, had a 'histor- ical fit. ' He undertook to write a history of the late war between this country and Great Britain. A subject of this delicate nature was, you may well suppose, little suited to the wire edge of his feelings. W ith very little reflection he might have seen a 69 * transparent probabilitif of failing. To write such a history^ as it ought to be written, would require not only a candid and cautious mind, but chastened feelings and tamed pas- sions ;■ — instead of which our professor went to work witji as much headlong nonchalance as he would dogmatize on a theme.
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