exacting nor so stimulating a teacher as some, but he was careful,
clear, distinct, and encouraging. He saw the difficulty in the mind
of the pupil, if there was one, adapted himself with admirable
facility to his wants, and by a lucid statement, a test question, or a
distinct suggestion, would often free a subject from its obscurity, so
that the way would all be in clear sunlight. He felt that, in
education, the best results are not produced violently, but by
influences quiet and protracted, gradually, but potently, moulding the
affections and the life, 'finely touching the spirit to fine issues.'"

"In 1846, Professor Haddock published a volume of 'Addresses and
Miscellaneous Writings,' gathered from reviews, and from his speeches
before the New Hampshire Legislature, and on various public occasions.
These are marked by the peculiar completeness and finish which
characterized all his productions. There is in them no superfluous
word, no affectation, no straining after effect, but much that is wise
and everything that is tasteful. Yet, interesting as they are, I
hardly feel as if they give an adequate expression of his rich and
varied abilities. His more recent writings,--notes of foreign travels,
lectures, and discourses,--he had begun to prepare for the press, when
he was so suddenly taken from us, and I am glad to hope that some of
them may yet see the light.

"For many years Professor Haddock acted as secretary of the New
Hampshire Education Society. In discharge of the duties of this
office, sometimes little more than a sinecure, he made it an object to
bring before the society, in his annual reports, subjects of permanent
interest. In looking them over, I perceive such topics as these:
'Objections to Charitable Education,' 'The Standard of Education for
the Pulpit,' 'The Influence of Educated Mind,' 'Personal
Qualifications for the Pulpit,' 'Manual Labor Institutions,' 'The
Clergy the Natural Advisers of Young Men,' 'Personal Piety in
Candidates for the Christian Ministry,' 'Wisdom in Clergymen,' 'The
Eloquence of the Pulpit as affected by Ministerial Character.' These
addresses, somewhat brief, never impassioned, are full of excellent
suggestions, both to the laity and the clergy. They abound in
practical wisdom, and any one may read them with profit.

"In all his writings his style was unambitious, unaffected, chaste,
pure, and transparent as crystal. It was true to his subject and
himself. If not fervid and