The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-11-03

BIZ Ru.sfLt Iinyine read with great plea
suie the excellent rttcr which you have montiua.
ed ~ having bfen received from Tn lgFsI.
rrH4 QtMe Ln.i,i StattS, addressed In Dr..
PrAHNtE, n member of the Committee OF Al.
RAJ gewents ioI The erection of the Monument TO
John HofrHrd. permit a corr, spodent oI many
yeats standInr 10 request YOU 10 copy IL from
the pamphlet winch IS ENCLOSED. anticipate
your ready complinncc. and am, respectfully
aud anrctlonatelyi You 81.
Washington. 2ld September, 1923.
" DEAN siR,-Anoug the many prisotions
incident T. my sudden buI necessary departure
from home, TO return III my tamil, heip, Vas
thai Of the pleasure ~ hich I had INDUCED the
hope Of enjoying by personal participation IN
that art Of fila reverence 10 the mrn,p Y # "a
cnmmon benelactor, " one Mr. Harvard IN
which yon are 50 w%orthily engaged.
" In compliance with your request, | had. |
believe, rssbly promised TO address q ie, ~
marks 10 The spectators who mny be assembled
to witness the erection Of HIS IA dy monument,
IA monument credible 10 The feelings TN Sc
by whom III nov raised, but WHICH can add In
lie TO the tenOHu OF hfm whom il 10 intended L.
honor.
The name Of Hgrvard is not one Of those
towards which his avn age, or their posfrIity
can be charpeable with ,ingrautudr. FROM the
very interesting printed paper enclosed n your
letter, il appears inat from the FIRST institution
Of the college il received I'm paHc, an honor lar
beyond the reach OF brass, maIbit, o. q Il A
single act I posthumous bencvulcuce has ca.
rolled hini among the benefacfofs Of mankind,
aud ol The thousands, who N the lapse Of NO
centuries have dr. nh from the fountain oi Us.
ing water, opened IN the rock OF me desert al
The touch OF his staff, what soul 50 lnsen,Ible has
there been among them, As not to cherish the
memory Of hun, 20 whose bounty they have
been indebted FOR so much OF their iuteileeIuaI
cultivation, and Of THEN mora refinement lIis
name. identified fran the hfsr, WIN thr unI,er.
slly which he founded. shares IN at Tue honor,
OF all her sons aud his bequgsi, the amount oi
which must be measured b. me spHH ~nlhW .icf
I was bestowed. "a. erected 80 ms honoi a mo.
numenl, IN The neat Of every pupil admit VI
"tlun heY walls, winch. renewed from , rar &c
year, aud multiplied from age 10 age, viii en-.
dufe lou2 after The granite, brass, aud naIhlt
- have cIuWbl.d mo dust
" do not think It surprising that the cofem.
porhry memorials OF the PEI son Gnd character
OF Nj Harvard are 30 scantJ. iour New
! England First Fruits mention tim with hon
o. rs a sodly gentleman, and IA lover orlearn
ing bar these were qualities very common a
ino1g the FIST set lets OF New ENGLAND. Al
the principal founders both ofthe Piy mouth an,
Alassaciusett colonies werr PERSONS OF family
education aud HEN intellectual rehnemsnt
Neither trading, speculation Of romantic adyeu
lure, had any share III the motives OF their EN-
grafton. There mleat or. and doubtless was SON
mixture OF worldly am itlon nterwoY.n Wit
the purposes ofiudi idIals e,aong then To j. II.
annals OF the world New England staml, alon,
ms etnphat,caily the colons Of constieuee. M
Harvard was not one OF the original settler,
lie came eight OF len ears after them. vine
Ptos had been amply made for lhe M.
wants u naiur. aud of soclety. Food iaim-uI
! ehert, ths gctsltip of God, and civil, govern