Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-24
Gave Memoir to Jonathan rum bull

grown about the great myriad-minded. I It was perhaps only q few Of us who gathered about him in theise Shakesper- ian clubs who knew the extent, of his knowledge and his published contribu- tions to the great Shakesperian cult. Some of us who belonged to these circles thought we knew our Shakespeare but We were soon made aware that we were in the presence of master whose knowledge retired our. own to a Subor- dinate level. He not only knew his Ger vinus and his Hudson and his Ulrici better than any of us. but he knew the great master with a frst-handed knowl- edge that none of us could so fully claim. He was master of his Shakes peare and was mastered by his master know few who knew better the best things said of Shakespeare, but he car ried his learning lightly as a flower He went to the unfailing fountain for the source of his inspiration. I think he full ly endorsed Hazlitt who said, If you wish to know the force of human gen. jus read Shakespeare" If you want to see the insignihcance of human learn ing read the commentators"
 It was Coleridge who said out of an omnisience few of his students can claim, "Merciful Heavens, what man was this man Shakespeare and well he might say it of this mighty master whose oceanic mind sinks us all to dwarfwood. T am always happy" said Emerson. ''to meet persons who per- ceive the transcendant Superiority of Shakespeare over all othsr writers {" Emerson would then have been made happy had he fallen n wita nar f,,enJ. MT. Trumbull, for few men so fell into this great authors pace and caught his stride and followed him through the lab- ryiDthine passages of the human soul And yet his literary studies were not confined to single author. We must know many authors to master one for the river of human thought overhows its own channels and floods and nour- ishes other souls.
 1 Specialized in Botany.
 To these asides and far excursions from the common calling I should add his specialization in Botany. He was an enthusiastic lover of rare flowers and his rapture never rose so high as when he would return from thees nature stud
 ies with a bunch of orchids in his hand
 These weekly excursions into field and
 forest aroused the rapturous enthusiasm
 of the specialist. He might have beer an accomplished naturalist had he no
 
 ing us how many great uses there ar, } for ones faculties if released to follow the line of ones aptitudes.
 And yet of all this hidden wealth O : life few of his neighborI knew who onl,
 looked upon his gracious bearing, hi self control, and his fine courtesy whicl betokened the gentleman and self re . specting citizen who carried to the rou tine of business the atmosphere of man who dwelt apart and brought tn t appearance of superiority to his com ' mon task; a type of citizenry that ha u been fast disappearing from our hurrie
 modern life. He represented a type tha 7 is reminiscent of a leisured but fast fad : : ing past which is ceasing to be at hom 5 in the rush of events that bring us ne- Y pp surprises and compel fresh orientation l. A Deeply Religious Man. !. I cannot conclude this brief and 1T e 1 adequate appraisement of a life ths ,f deeply impressed itself on his conten Q poraries without adding that he was i deeply religious man. He no doubt ha I the weak z ses and failures that attac is to universal human life and of whic 1T the best Of us would not absolve ou
 selves, but his religious convictions we
 set in fast coloNI and he held himse
 true to the pole star of truth. He hs S. long walked with others who were Joy r. to high ethical ideals and I am sure S. never wavered in his adherence to u ,n (Continued On Page Ten, Col. Four