outh has a worthy record.
In Philosophy, the names of James Marsh, Thomas C. Upham, and Caleb S.
Henry, command universal respect.
In History, the names of George Ticknor, Joseph B. Felt, Joseph Tracy,
George Punchard, Samuel Hopkins, John Lord, and Edwin D. Sanborn, will
live as long as our language.
In Scientific popular literature, the names of Abel Curtis, who is
believed to have given to America its first English Grammar in a
separate and distinct form, of Caleb Bingham, who followed in his
footsteps and enhanced the value of his work, of Daniel Adams, who
gave to the world the invaluable Arithmetic, of Benjamin Greenleaf,
whose mathematical works have added materially to the usefulness of
his long and busy life, of Charles D. Cleaveland and Alphonso Wood,
are stars of the first magnitude.
In Periodical literature, the names of John Park, David Everett,
Thomas G. Fessenden, Asa Rand, Russell Jarvis, Absalom Peters,
Nathaniel P. Rogers, Ebenezer C. Tracy, Amasa Converse, Henry Wood,
Nathaniel S. Folsom, Alonzo H. Quint, and Henry A. Hazen, deserve
especial notice.
In Polite literature, the names of Nathaniel H. Carter, Charles B.
Haddock, Rufus Choate, George P. Marsh, Richard B. Kimball, and John
B. Bouton, command universal admiration.
The writings of Samuel L. Knapp, Henry Bond, and Nathan Crosby are
valuable contributions to American Biography.
In Professional and Classic literature, the alumni of Dartmouth have
done a good work. We can only glance at leading names, many of which
have been mentioned in their more appropriate places. Among them are
Asa Burton, Jesse Appleton, Ebenezer Porter, Samuel C. Bartlett, Alvah
Hovey, Luther T. Townsend, Isaac F. Redfield, Silas Durkee, Edmund R.
Peaslee, W. W. Morland, F. E. Oliver, Jabez B. Upham, Edward H.
Parker, Joseph Torrey, Nathan W. Fiske, George Bush, and Alpheus
Crosby.
In Industrial literature, the names of Henry Colman and John L. Hayes
will be honored so long as agriculture and manufactures shall have a
prominent place among human pursuits.
In Medicine, a goodly proportion of her most eminent sons have given
to Dartmouth their personal services as teachers; we have only to
recall in this connection the honored names recorded in a preceding
chapter,--Mussey, Perkins, Crosby, and Peaslee. But other names claim
our notice. Amos Twitchell, by tireless industry and fidelity in his
regular professional work, and his boldness and skill as an ope
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