ty, 1814." "Calvin and Calvinism;" defended
against certain injurious representations contained in a pamphlet
entitled "A Sketch of the Life and Doctrine of the Celebrated John
Calvin;" of which Rev. Martin Ruter claims to be the author, 1815. "A
Reply to the Rev. Martin Ruter's Letter relating to Calvin and
Calvinism, 1815." "A Sermon delivered at Concord before the Convention
of Congregational and Presbyterian Ministers of New Hampshire, 1818."

The following is from Prof. Charles B. Haddock, D.D.: "My acquaintance
with the President was, for the most part, that of a pupil with his
teacher; an undergraduate with the head of the college. And yet it was
somewhat more than this; for it was my happiness, during my Senior
year, to have lodgings in the same house with him, and to eat at the
same table, in the family of one of the professors, and as one of a
small circle, all connected with college, and a good deal remarkable
for the freedom and vivacity of their conversation. After graduating,
I saw him only occasionally, until the last few months of his life,
which he passed here, near the close of my first year's residence at
the college as a teacher,--months in which the greatness of his
character was still more signally manifest than in any other
circumstances in which I had seen him.

"In recording my youthful impressions of so uncommon a personage, I
may, therefore, hope to be thought to speak not altogether without
knowledge, though it should be with enthusiasm.

"Dr. Brown came to preside over the college at the age of less than
thirty-two, and in circumstances to attract unusual attention to his
administration. It was during a violent contest of opposing parties
for the control of its affairs, and immediately after the removal of
his predecessor from office. His qualifications and his official acts
were, of course, exposed to severe scrutiny, and could command the
respect of the community at large only by approving themselves to the
candid judgment even of the adverse party. And I suppose it would be
admitted, even in New Hampshire, that no man ever commended himself to
general favor, I may say to general admiration, by a wiser, more
prudent, or more honorable bearing, amid the greatest and most trying
difficulties. Indeed, such was his conduct of affairs, and such the
nobleness of his whole character, as displayed in his intercourse with
the government of the State, with a rival institution under the public
aut