New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-27
THE CASTIGATION OF OLIVER WENDELL
HOLMES.

THE DOCTOR RECALLS HIS BoYHOOD's EXPERIENCE.
Pom ME rS,s at M a9 ~. S OF the 5ng, A"do'
had thought of giving you a few of my rem
iniscrnces, but shah crowd them all INTO the smallest
student Andover. 1t is longer by " ars from
ths time to that than 1t was from that time TO the battle
does remember-twO Of the old teachers, long. long
passed away. under whom l sat. | remember well
Rev. EhphRet Pearson. always thought that his name
was Elephant Pearson" something ike that FOR he
pOnderous man, with formidable counter
quite familiar for he lived In the house IN which was
born and which was purchased from him by my own
szer Pemberton. who conducted the school after Dr.
Pearson. yself sat under john Adams should IKE
TO mention more particularly two students-Barclay.
sidpedge rnnsi irespected cierryinan. whom some
Of you may have met The riost dlstinE uished
members Of the school in my time were one whom |
whose hymns in the minds and hearts OF so many Of
you. and sweet, modest learned gentleman whom
never met in the without stopping talk win
him. and whose name speak with reverence-HOrauo
Balch HacRett. Ny Intimate friend was the lion:
Phineas Barnes, afterwsrd DISTINGUISHED citizen OF
Portland. will more OF these than simply to
name them One single incident connected with the re-
lalions OF myself and one OF the teachers mink may
interest you had the unfortunate Oabbling tendency
perieuces was in school ut Csmbridgeport whch ! at
tended Just before going TO Andover, when had the
felicity of seeing Guntbers scale fly into three pieces
upon TINS unfortunate palm OF NINE. had smllar
experience at AndOyer. was subjected TO the severest
ment In The institution, made sensation
Oil delicate females OF the vicinity ana caused Young
occasion OF a riot. II unfortunate display OF
temper the part Of one of the instructors.
Forty years afterward | heard knock at my study
door. and DID, bending came In aud looked me IN
the eyes. audi In has | knew what he came for. de
knew well. what he came for. But we made tho
usual meteorological remarks and We sat down. with
q cold and calm hospitality; he, evidently, laOOrlng
under some inward embarrassment. Presently 1t came
OUT the confession aud the pardon out, ana AFTER
that were though separated and lie s now dead or
would not mention tive were good friends so lar as
friendship could base itself upon such foundation And
sent him The long poem I'm which made very vague
anu uukiud alsOu To that event. tnOughtlt time
tell that, believe that kind OF regime has passed out
OF existence think boy receives the bastinadO on
his hands this time certainly the scale which
rccclvrd IT, for the branch OF learning that remember
best was branch that grew on birch tree have SAID
all had 10 say, hut Will also borrow few lines from
myself as a sentiment before SIT down, The sentiment
OF this belongs much to the theO giCa seminary per
hsp az II does to the academy IL belongs to the hill OF
AndOTer which is cOnsecrsed at TO learning and TO
divinity
Darker and deeper though the shadows fall
From the gray towers Oh Doubling Castles wall,
Though Pope and Pagan Te-array their hosts,
And her new arInOr youthful science boasts,
Truth. for whose altar rose this holy shrine,
Shall fly for refuge to these towers OF thine;
No past shall chain her With its rusted
No Jews phylactery bind her Christian brow
But Faith shall smile to see her sister free,
And noble manhood draw its life from thee.
Long as the ATchng skies above thee spread
As on thy groves the dews OF Heaven are shed,
With currents widening still from year 10 year.
And deepening channels, calm, untrOuDled, clear,
Flow the twin streamlets from thy sacred hill
Plerlas fOunt and SlOam's shaded Til.