This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...said of his colleague might equally well have been said of himself. His simple, direct and kindly manner was the same to everybody, and the form and substance of his speech was fit for any company. His large tolerance also makes his added words of Thayer applicable to himself. " He was the best type of a New ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...said of his colleague might equally well have been said of himself. His simple, direct and kindly manner was the same to everybody, and the form and substance of his speech was fit for any company. His large tolerance also makes his added words of Thayer applicable to himself. " He was the best type of a New Englander without the creaking of the joints that sometimes marks and mars that estimable personage. It has been said that the difference between a good Bostonian and a good Philadelphian is that the Bostonian thinks everything wrong that is not right, and the Philadelphian thinks everything right that is not wrong. In this matter, Mr. Thayer was of the Philadelphian school." Though his success in the world of affairs, great as it was, might undoubtedly have been vastly increased had he given his whole time to practical matters, he never seems to have even considered surrendering his professorship. In the last conversation I had with him he said: " I cannot imagine any more delightful work than teaching intelligent young men things which you know and which they do not know but desire to know." Early in the year 1913 he had a sharp illness, and never regained his physical strength, though his mind remained clear and active till the end. To many men who have enjoyed robust health and great capacity for work the sudden deprivation of these accustomed blessings comes with such crushing force as to be almost insupportable. Gray, however, showed the same calm philosophy which was characteristic of him throughout his life. To one who ventured a few words of sympathy for his lessened activity, he replied merely, " It is wonderful how the back accommodates itself to the burden." The last time I saw him was but a few weeks before his death. He had then...
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