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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1861. (search)
Lawrence prize for a translation into Greek of the concluding stanzas of Childe Harold. In college I have been a regular attendant upon recitations, never having lost a day from sickness or other cause. I have been a member of the Rumford Society, the Institute of 1770, the Temperance Society, and the *f *b *k. I may also mention, that in the Exhibition which took place October 18, 1859, I deliverd a Latin version from a speech of Brougham on The Law reform ; and for the Exhibition, May 7, 1861, an English oration was assigned me as my part, for the subject of which I selected Compromise. My life has thus far been a quiet one, spent principally in study, and not diversified by many events of special interest. In study, my tastes lead me principally towards physical and mathematical science, though I am also fond of philological study and of literature. During my Senior year I have been engaged in reading Dante with Professor Lowell, and have spent many pleasant eveni