James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his death by assassination six and a half months later. Garfield was impressed with the college president, Mark Hopkins, who had responded warmly to Garfield's letter inquiring about admission. He said of Hopkins, 'The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log with a student on the other.' Hopkins later said of Garfield in his student days, 'There was a large general capacity applicable to any subject.
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