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I hasten to express my acceptance of the explanation given by Dr. Holmes. that only two lines of his poem relate to Princeton. As I heard him read, without the pronunciation now in his printed poem, I understood that the following four lines referred to Princeton: -
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Dr. McCosh attended Harvard's celebration as an invited guest. He probably expected to derive some benefit for his college and much pleasure for himself from his visit. He naturally noticed that the stock of honorary degrees conferred by Harvard was exhausted before Princeton was reached. It had occurred to...
When Dr. Holmes had given his muse full play and the muse had refused to say anything more, Dr. McCosh quietly took his departure and boarded the next train for Princeton. He was as indignant as a Scotchman who thinks he has cause to be generally is, and when his...
"I simply came home," he said, "after listening to Mr. Holmes. He spoke so contemptuously of a dry theology - and his remarks were applied to this college, for he mentioned Princeton - that I took the earliest train I could get for home. When I went to Harvard I did not...