ce Geneva) College, and in 1859 he left
Geneva, with this distinguished record: "The thorough and skillful
teacher, the laborious and self-sacrificing president, the
sympathizing friend, the genial companion, the judicious adviser, the
courteous Christian gentleman; in all these relations so bearing
himself as to gain the profound respect and tender affection of all
who knew him."

Dr. Hale retired to live in Newburyport, near his birth-place and by
the graves of his forefathers, with his children around him. Even then
"his influence upon the community distilled like the dews of heaven
to gladden the earth." He departed to his rest in Paradise on the 15th
of July, 1863. Dr. Hale had four sons and three daughters, of whom the
sons (one has since departed) and one daughter survived him.

His published works, beside communications to newspapers on current
topics, are: "An Address to the Public from the Trustees of Gardiner
Lyceum," 1822. "An Inaugural Address at Gardiner," 1823. "Address to
the Public in regard to the Lyceum," 1824. "Introduction to the
Mechanical Principles of Carpentry," 1827. "Sermon before the
Convention of New Hampshire," 1830. "Lecture before the American
Institute of Instruction, On the Best Method of Teaching Natural
Philosophy," 1830. "Sermon, On the Unity of God, preached before the
Convention of the Eastern Diocese," 1832. "Scriptural Illustrations of
the Liturgy of the Protestant Episcopal Church," 1835. "Valedictory
Letter to the Trustees of Dartmouth College," 1835. "Inaugural
Address, Geneva College, On the Equalizing and Practical Tendency of
Colleges," 1836. "A Lecture before the Young Men's Association of
Geneva, On Liberty and Law," 1838. "Baccalaureate: Education in its
Relations to a Free Government," 1838. "The Present State of the
Question," a pamphlet, in relation to the division of the Diocese of
New York, 1838. "Baccalaureate: The Languages," 1839. "Baccalaureate:
Mathematics," 1841. "Lecture on the Sources and Means of Education,"
1846. "Baccalaureate: The Position of the College, the State, and the
Church," 1847. "Historical Notices of Geneva College," 1849. "Sermon
on the Death of Major Douglass," 1849.

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Professor Alpheus Crosby, who was elected to the Chair of Greek and
Latin in the College, in 1833, Professor Calvin E. Stowe having filled
the position in the interval after the death of Professor Chamberlain,
was the son of Dr. As