The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-28


life, and has used nearly all his private fortune
in the same labor of love.
AS President of the College, as teacher before
the classes which have successfully come under
his instruction, as counselor and friend in his study
always accessible TO every student, he is most af
! ftctonately remembered by all who ave pursued
their studies at Old Dartmouth; indeed, we doub
whether any other president of College has at
The same time so commanded the respect and
love of students as DR.. LORD. And he enjoyed
the unbour ded confidence of the early emlnen,
graduates, meu who left the College before he
was at its head, as we'll as of those who have Ia
ken their degrees under his paternal care. He
was in marked degree the genius, the vivfylng
force, the animating and personal energy whicE
gave life and character to the institution. He was
emphatically, the head of the College, the Pre-
mier, i'll fact as well as in name in its govern
ment never losing out of sight or out of mind the
spiritual and temporal prosperity of his kingdom
and the spiritual and intellectual growth and en-
largement of his subjects; and the pupils who
came and went each year under the groves OF
Dartmouth, bore in their hearts most loyal and
atfectonate respect and veneraton for the pro-
found thought, the strong and vigorous intellect,
the wide and accurate learning, the penetrating
mental vision, the ready sympathy with every
thing manly in a student, and the warm Christian
heart which ruled in that realm of letters, and
drew to DR.. LORD, and bound to him as with
hooks of steel, the hearts of the Sons of Dart
mouth, for these thirty five years.
This is not the time to speak Of DIR. LORD S
ethical, theological, or political views 1t is proper
and just to him to say, however, that he is fear
less and independent thinker, and vigorous and
powerful ressoner; and we doubt whether there
is in New England person whose dialectic skill
is superior to his He has at times differed from
his associates in the Churches and in the Schools
on questions sometimes of great, sometimes of
minor consequence, but it has required keen To-
gician to prove his reasoning faulty. And we
think his strength in argument has come, in a
OF referring, for the decision of all ethical ques-
tons to the everlasting Word. In his own mind
and in all his discussions, be makes God and the
Revelation bis ultimate authority, and to what he
deems to be their commands be yields unques-
tioning obedience and from their teachings, as
he understands them, he fearlessly pushes his
reasonings, let them lead him where they may
To him Revelation is the ultima ratio and by it
he tries all things.
At an advanced age be now retires from what
has been his chief labor, as we have no doubt it
has been the chief delight and PRIDE of his life, to
enjoy otium cum dignitate, and to condense into
permanent form the thoughts and studies of three
score years. Thus far his published writings are
not voluminous, but he must have large store of
valuable manuscripts, which we trust will before
long be given to the public. With faculties yet
undimmed, and with mental yigor vet undated,
he leaves his place in the College to finish in bis
own private study the works which the demands
of the College have hitherto left him too little
time to complete. He will be followed in his re-
tirement by the benedictions of the hundreds who
have gone out from his fostering care in years
past, and who will everywhere pray that he may
yet for many years retain the camness of intellec
tual vision, and the activity and vgor of thought
which have been always his marked Characters
tics. In the leisure which will now come as the
grateful reward of his lifelong labor, he will, we
trust, bring to perfection the rich fruits of SO
many years OF study aud observation, and still in
his printed works teach the generations who will
no more hear his voice in Chapel or recitation