Address of the Hon. James Grant, of Davenport, Iowa
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Excerpt from Address of the Hon. James Grant, of Davenport, Iowa: To the Alumni of the University of at Chapel Hill, on the 6th of June, 1878 Gentlemen of the Alumni Association: It is fifty years since I became a student, in the Sophomore class of 1828, at this venerable seat of learning. To this circumstance, a lapse of half a century since I came here to pursue the course of studies in college life, I am indebted for the invitation, with which I have been honored, to address you to-day. Perhaps, too, the address of Professor Wm. Hooper to you in 1859, the semi-centennial of his graduation, on the occasion of a visit by the Hon. James Buchanan, President of the United States, with the Hon. Jacob Thompson, a graduate of my class, on whom the President had conferred a distinguished position in his Cabinet, and my recent associations with Mr. Hooper, may have induced you to expect another address glittering with the light of his keen wit, trenchant satire, and burning eloquence. But I am not a satirest or logician, as Hooper was, nor an orator, as Gaston was, whose speech to the young men of this University in 1832 has gone through five editions. "I am a plain, blunt man; I have neither wit nor words, nor worth, action, utterance, nor power of speech to stir men´s blood; I only speak right on, and tell you that which you yourselves do know." This University dates its existence from the year 1795. Mr. Kerr was its first Presiding officer; Mr. Harris its second. Neither of them remained here more than a year. Dr. Joseph Caldwell was its first President, from 1797 to 1812, when he resigned, and was succeeded by Mr. Chapman, who resigned in 1816, when Dr. Caldwell was re-appointed, and continued in office until his death in 1835. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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