The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-10
HE QUOTED, DIDN'T STEAL.
Profossor Green's Frank Answer 70 .
Chnrxo Of In yiariaIn.

In these days of accusations of
p%lagiarisms against c)crgymen the
case of Cosmus Green, professor Of
the Latin tongue in Princeton col.
lsge, is worthy of note. Professor
Green preached only occasionally
in term time, as he had much other
work to do. One day he wac sum:
moned hastily to of1ciate in the
place Of a minister who had been
suddenly taken ill. He had barely
time to catch the train. much less
to prepare an especial discourse. He
caught up a half dozen manuscripts
from the drawer in his library table
and hurried away to preach in his
nick brother stead.
It was a good sermon. Every one
was we'll pleased, every one indeed
but an old Scotch gardener, who sat
for to the rea shaking his head
gravely from time to time.
AYE, it was true gospel" he con-
fded to a member of the congrega-
ton afterward, land weel deliver
cd, but I've heerd it before this on
the ither side many years gone by"
His contiaant was u lawyer and
Get about investigating. In a New
York library he found a book Of
"Sermons by Scotch Divines,"
which contained the substance Of
the>suspccted sermon SO far as he
could recall it after having not paid
: especial heed to it when it was de-
livered.
The lawyer took a serious view of
the case, and waiting until the pres
bytery met he presented the facts
and argued that they warranted an
investigation. The presbytery
agreed and summoned Professor
Green.
REALLY, I don't recollect." eaid
the professor to the investigating
committee, "but if you'll senl to
tho house for the sermon l may be
able to clear the matter up"
The document was brought ard
| read aloud while two committeeman
watoh.l he"Sermons of Scotch Di-
vines" The manuscript and the
printed page Tailed exactly. Things
looked dalk for the professor Of
Latin.
When the reading was done, how
ever, he said the whole story had
come back to him clearly. He had
left in 4 great hurry to meet the
call and had not had time to select
q sermon. Indeed he was not aware
OF. the circumstances of his cum
mons further than that he was
wanted Immediately. He had no
time to inquire or to look over his
manuscripts to select. He had 'cut
and rum"
"When I arrived at DR.. Blanks"
he continued. land had time to find
out what the sermon was for and to
look .ovor the manuscripts l hal
taken with me, l found that only one
of them was in the least appropriate
the one your honorable body has
just heard read. 1t is q copy word
for word which I made when / was
a student here in the seminary. ]
was earning my way through then
and at that particular time bad to
preach two sermons a week. Two
were sometimes moEe than I had
time to prepare, for l had much
studying to do. II you Will notice
at the end of this manuscript, there
are the date and the statement,
whence the words wore taken and
their author.
II did not mention their source
when l read them last spring be-
cause the authors name would not
have given added weight thereto.
Nor did l wish my hearers to infer
I considered them hardly worthy an
original and special effort. Had l
been notified two days earlier l
should have written especially for
taem to the best of my ability; as it
was. it was by an accident due to
necessary haste that I took the
copied manuscript with me and an
accident again that among the half
dozen l took the copy was the only
one at all appropriate"
The Investigating committee ex-
onerated Professor ,Cosnus Green.
New YORK Pr,Ss.
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