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dred other paintings of their villages, their wigwams, games, religious-ceremonies, their dances, their ball plays, their buffalo-hunting and other amusements, con- taining in all over three thousand full-length figures, with an endless collection now known as the Catlin Gallery in Washington. Of their domestic, hunting, and warlike implements,-all these exhaustively illustrating people whose origin is beyond reach, whose carly history is un- known, whose tribal and national existence is rapidly ex- piring by grace of civilized vice and bayonet, and of whom, within the past two hundred and fifty years, twelve millions have gone to fatten the soil, whereon they were born, lived their wild life, and died, and whereon forty-four millions of white men, with the multiform paraphernalia which science and art have supplied, are now developing all the possibilities of the highest civili- zation. These lectures, delivered orally and affluent in anecdote, were of most absorbing attractiveness liberally illustrated by exhibition on the walls and on the stage, of Indians portraits, costumes, weapons and utensils with paintings representing the strange charac- teristics of the several tribes visited, and all their pecu- liar ways and means. The lecturer, at times, appeared in the full dress of the war-dance, armed and equipped for service, and with foot, step, hideous grimace and war whoop, gave impressive ideas of the big Indian's darings and prowess. An enthusiastic advocate of the rights of the red men, his descriptions of savage life, were,-like his pictures,-somewhat highly colored, though, in the main, doubtless true to life while his long familiarity with aboriginal archery, may be a good excuse for his occasional drawing of a "long-bow" in their defence.
Mr. Catlin, in 1844, published these lectures in a
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two-volume work, profusely illustrated, and bearing the highest official testimony to their statements. Of the scientific lectures, I can make,-for the lack of time and your patience,-but slight mention. They were not many out of the whole, and were upon Heat, Elec- tricity, Magnetism, Electro-Magnetism, General Phys- ies, Opties, Acoustics, Geology, Astronomy, with spec- ial lectures on Solar and Lunar Eclipses, one of these last growing out of the fact that the first graduated class of our then English High School, had, in their senior year, (1830), calculated all the total solar eclipses visible in the United States during the nine- teenth century. There was also an entire astronomical course of six lectures, with illustrations, by Prof. Nich- ol, of Scotland. None of this class seem to have been given since 1850, though the discoveries since then, specially in astronomy, acoustics, and the laws and facts of light and sound, have been nothing short of as- tounding, and yet they have not, to our general com- munity hereabouts, been made known to any special particularity.
I recall, with more readiness of memory, those of 'Agassiz, on the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms ; those of Peabody and Webb, already noticed; and those of our then townsman, Prof. Charles Grafton Page, after- wards Examiner in the General Patent Office at Wash- ington, and deceased within a few years, the intimate and beloved friend and co-worker of that great and greatly beloved man, the late Prof. Henry, of the Smith- sonian Institution.
The illustrative lectures of Prof. Page, a graduate of our Latin School in 1828, and of Harvard in 1832, on Electricity, Magnetism, Electro-Magnetismn, and
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their practical applications, may be justly ranked as exceptionally interesting, instructive, and suggestive. Meeting him soon after my own coming hither, in 1819, as teacher meets pupil, our intimacy ceased only with his death, in 1868. In general development and acqui- sition as a scholar, he held higher than the average rank, but the special bent of his mind was always in the direction of scientific subjects, both at school and at college, and he was never content till he had verified scientific deductions by exact experiment.
His greatest discovery, occurring about the same time here (in United States) with that of the same na- ture with Farraday's in England, yet wholly independ- ent thereof, was that of the wonderful principle in elec- tricity, known as "Electro-Electric Induction?" Out of this discovery grew an instrument which Prof. Page greatly improved by later inventions, and which is now unjustly called the Ruhmkorff Coil.
Here, with many thanks for your patient indulgence, I relieve you. It was not possible, even with the ap- parent liberal allowance of these one hundred pages of manuscript, to be fully faithful to my subject, or ex- haustively comprehensive in presenting an educational history of fifty years continuance. What has been written may be some material for him who shall be my successor at your centennial celebration.
Your Lyceum is a fixed institution, and I commend for its motto, Virgil's beautiful line,
"Semper honos nomenque tuum, laudesque manebunt."
"Honor, renown and lasting praise, Attend thee to thy latest days."
SYLLABUS OF LECTURES.
FIRST COURSE. 1830.
Daniel A. White, Salem-Advantages of Knowledge.
John Brazer, Salem -Authenticity of Ancient Manuscripts.
Francis Peabody, Salem-Steam Engine.
Abel L. Peirson, Salem-Physiology.
George Choate, Salem-Geology.
Thomas Spencer, Salem-Optics.
Charles G. Putnam, Salem-Nervous System.
Thomas Cole, Salem-Astronomy.
Stephen C. Phillips read a lecture written by E. Everett- Workingmen's Party.
Stephen C. Phillips, Salem-Public Education, with a sketch of the origin of public schools in Salem.
Henry Colman, Salem-Human Mind.
Joshua B. Flint-Respiration.
Joshua B. Flint-Circulation of the Blood.
Joshua B. Flint-Digestion.
SECOND COURSE. 1830-31.
Rufus Babcock, Salem-Power of Mind.
Alexander H. Everett-A Review of the Continual Progress in Improvement of Mankind.
Alonzo Potter-Moral Philosophy.
Malthus A. Ward, Salem-Gardening.
Leonard Withington-Historical Probability.
Stephen C. Phillips, Salem-The Influence of the Country and the Age in which we Live, on the Condition of Man, as an Individual, a Member of Society, a Political Agent, and an Intelligent and Moral Being.
Henry K. Oliver, Salem-Pneumatics.
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Abel L. Peirson, Salem-Biography of Dr. Jenner, and his- tory of vaccination.
Henry K. Oliver, Salem-Solar Eclipse of 1831.
George Choate, Salem-Climate and its Influence on Organ- ic Life.
Charles W. Upham, Salem, (two lectures) -Witchcraft.
4 Jonathan Webb, Salem, (two lectures)-Electricity.
Alexander H. Everett, (two lectures)-French Revolution.
Thomas Spencer, Salem-Optical Instruments.
Malthus A. Ward, (two lectures) Salem-Natural History.
Francis Peabody, Salem-Heat.
Stephen P. Webb, Salem-Russian History.
Edward Everett-Political Prospects of Europe.
Benjamin F. Browne, Salem-Zoology.
Rufus Choate, Salem-History of Poland.
THIRD COURSE. 1831-32.
John Pickering, Salem-Beneficial Effects Resulting from Associations for the Diffusion of Knowledge.
Caleb Foote, Salem-History of Printing.
Charles G. Putnam, Salem-Whales and Whaling.
Abel L. Peirson, Salem-History of the Circulation of the Blood.
Henry K. Oliver, Salem-Pneumatics.
Milton P. Braman-Popular Superstitions.
J. D. Fisher-Education of the Blind.
Wm. Thorndike-Disadvantages arising from the Multipli- cation of Books.
Abel L. Peirson, Salem-Advantages arising from the Mul- tiplication of Books,
Henry K. Oliver, Salem-Aerostation.
Leverett Saltonstall, Salem-Early History of Massachu- setts.
Charles W. Upham read a lecture written by E. Everett.
Dr. Grigg-Physical Education.
William H. Brooks, Salem-Education of the Five Senses.
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Thomas Cole, Salem- Meteorology.
John Pickering, Salem-Alleged Uncertainty of the Law.
W. S. Upton-Law of Wills.
Henry Colman, Salem-Eloquence.
Joseph E. Sprague, Salem-Character and Services of Wash- ington.
John Codman, Salem-Character of Byron.
J. C. Richmond-Present state of Greece.
Daniel A. White, Salem, read a lecture written by E. Ever- ett.
John S. Williams, Salem-Reform Bill.
Leonard Withington-Defects of Female Education.
Abel L. Peirson, Salem-Spasmodic Cholera.
Alexander H. Everett-U. S. Constitution.
FOURTH COURSE. 1832-33.
Rufus Choate, Salem-Applicability of American Scenes and History to the performances and genius of Sir Walter Scott.
W. H. Brooks, Salem-Advantages of Commerce, with sketches of its history as connected with Salem.
William Sullivan-On the Rules of Evidence as Applied to Commou Life.
George S. Hillard-Comparison of Ancient and Modern Literature.
Caleb Foote, Salem-Value of the Union and Consequences of Disunion.
James W. Thompson, Salem-Connexion of Literature with Morality.
R. D. Mussey-Anatomy of the Chest and Spine.
Samuel Worcester-Indian Eloquence.
James Walker-Phrenology.
M. S. Perry-Diseases peculiar to the different classes of society. .
Nathaniel West, Jr., Salem-Imprisonment for Debt.
George H. Devereux, Salem-Feudal A ges.
Amos D. Wheeler-Geology.
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Samuel G. Howe-Education of the Blind.
Lowell Mason-Science of Music.
Nehemiah Cleaveland-Poetry.
John Farrar-Advantages of Knowledge.
Joshua H. Ward, Salem-History of Spain.
Rufus Babcock, Salem-Moral Nature of Man.
Thomas Spencer, Salem-History of India.
William B. Calhoun-Political Economy.
FIFTH COURSE. 1833-34. .
Edward Everett-Agriculture.
E. Evans, (four lectures)-Geography, Manners and Cus- toms of various Countries.
Dr. Barber, (nine lectures)-Phrenology.
George H. Devereux, Salem-Adaptation of Philosophy to the Wants and Condition of Man.
David Merritt, Salem-History of the Jews.
J. V. C. Smith-Mechanism of the Eye.
Charles G. Page, Salem-Pneumatics.
Charles G. Page, Salem-Acoustics.
Charles A. Andrew, Salem.
Stephen P. Webb, Salem-History of Turkey.
Lemuel Willis, Salem-Progress of Society.
SIXTH COURSE. 1834-35.
Caleb Cushing-Education.
Alexander H. Everett-English and American Literature. George B. Cheever, Salem-Samuel T. Coleridge. H. McMurtrie, (twelve lectures)-Zoology.
Abel L. Peirson, Salem-Qualifications and Duties of a Physician.
John W. Browne, Salem-Theatre.
Charles T. Jackson-Volcanoes.
George S. Hillard-Americanism.
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SEVENTH COURSE. 1835-36.
James Flint, Salem-Poem, Change.
Sylvester Graham-Capabilities of the human frame in re- spect to the duration of life.
W. B. O. Peabody-Hebrew Commonwealth.
Samuel M. Worcester, Salem-James Otis and Patrick Henry.
B. B. Thatcher-Boston Tea Party.
O. W. B. Peabody-British Poetry during the latter part of the last century.
Leonard Withington-Dangers of Republicanism.
George Putnam-Water.
Jeremiah Smith-Washington.
John Appleton-Sir Humphrey Davy.
William H. Simmons-Education.
Charles C. Emerson-Socrates.
Abel L. Peirson, Salem-St. Peter's Cathedral.
George S. Hillard-Living too fast.
Jonathan F. Worcester, Salem-China.
A. M. Quimby-Electricity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Martin Luther.
William Silsbee, Salem-Study of the Beautiful.
B. B. Thatcher-Philosophy of Self-Education.
Henry R. Cleveland-Pompeii.
Charles G. Page, Salem-Heat.
Charles T. Brooks, Salem-Character.
EIGHTH COURSE. 1836-37. .
Daniel Webster-Popular Knowledge as applied to Scientific Improvements.
W. B. O. Peabody-Birds.
Horatio Robinson, Salem.
Stephen C. Phillips, Salem-South Sea Expedition.
Nehemiah Adams, Salem-Universal Empire.
Charles G. Page, Salem-Electricity.
Charles G. Page, Salem-Galvanism.
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Elisha Bartlett-Application of Science to Common Life.
William M. Rogers-Egyptian Hieroglyphics and their Bearing upon Revelation.
Samuel M. Worcester, Salem-English Language.
Charles G. Page, Salem-Galvanism.
David Roberts, Salem-Franklin.
William H. Brooks, Salem-French Civil Wars of the 16th Century.
H. R. Cleveland-Spirit and Institutions of the Middle Ages. Charles G. Page, Salem-Electro Magnetism.
O. W. B. Peabody-English Poets of the Present Century James W. Thompson, Salem-Sir Walter Raleigh.
John C. Park-Education for the World.
Alexander Young-Pequod War.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Philosophy of History.
Rufus Choate -- Literature of the Sea.
NINTH COURSE. 1837-38.
Horace Mann-Education.
George S. Hillard-Books.
John S. Williams, Salem-Ireland.
John W. Browne, Salem-War.
Leonard Withington-" The Light which the Theory of our Government Sheds on the Practice of its Citizens."
W. B. O. Peabody-Hebrew Commonwealth.
H. R. Cleveland-The Superstitions of the Classic Ages. Jones Very, Salem-Epic Poetry.
Thomas Spencer, Salem-The Vegetation of Salem and Vi- cinity.
William M. Rogers-Ross's Expedition to the Polar Seas. Samuel M. Worcester, Salem-Irish Eloquence.
James C. Alvord-The Mutual Relations and Influences of the Various Occupations of Life.
Oliver Wendell Holmes-English Versification.
Abel L. Peirson, Salem-Animal Magnetism.
M. Mariotti-Marie Louise, the Widow of Napoleon.
William Lincoln-The French Neutrals of Nova Scotia.
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James Walker-Transcendentalism.
An Exhibition by Pupils from the N. E. Institution for the Blind.
O. W. B. Peabody-English Female Writers of the Last Century.
John P. Cleveland-Ancient History of Michigan.
George Bancroft-The Capacity of the Human Mind for Culture and Improvement.
Henry Ware, Jr .- The Poetry of Mathematics.
John Lewis Russell, Salem-Geology.
TENTH COURSE. 1838-39.
George Catlin, six lectures on the Character, Customs, Cos- tumes, &c., of the North American Indians.
Jared Sparks-Causes of the American Revolution.
Hubbard Winslow-The Sun.
C H. Brewster-The Sources of National Wealth.
Charles T. Torrey, Salem-Common School Education.
Ephraim Peabody-The Capacity of the Human Mind for Culture and Improvement.
Henry K. Oliver, Salem-The Honey Bee.
Robert C. Winthrop-Popular Education.
Professor Adams-Geology.
Simon Greenleaf-The Legal Rights of Women.
Henry Ware, Jr .- Instinct.
Joshua H. Ward, Salem-Life of Mohammed.
Henry W. Kinsman-Life and Times of Oliver Cromwell.
Abel L. Peirson, Salem-Memoirs of Count Rumford.
Converse Francis-The Practical Man.
John Lewis Russell, Salem-The Poetry of Natural His- tory,
John Wayland, Salem-The Progress of Democracy.
Alexander H. Everett-The Discovery of America by the Northmen.
Samuel Osgood-The Satanic School of Literature and its Reform.
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Horace Mann-The Education of Children.
ELEVENTH COURSE. 1839-40.
The Oratorio of Joseph and His Brethren, by the Boston Musical Institute.
Orville Dewey-Human Progress.
Andrew P. Peabody-Influence of the Bible on the Sciences, Poetry, and the Fine Arts.
Leonard Withington-Phariseeism.
Converse Francis-The Huguenots or French Protestants in America.
George E. Ellis-The Persecution of the Quakers.
J. S. C. Abbott-Russia.
John L. Hayes-Volcanic Agency.
J. Francis Tuckerman, Salem-Life and Genius of Beethoven.
Oliver Wendell Holmes-National Prejudices.
J. S. C. Abbot-Louis Philippe.
B. B. Thatcher read the lecture by Gov. Everett introducto- ry to the course before the "Lowell Institute " of Boston.
James W. Thompson, Salem-The Conditions of a Health- ful Literature.
Thomas B. Fox-Education of the Eye.
Charles Francis Adams-The Influence of Domestic Man- ners on the American Revolution.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Analysis, the Characteristic of the Present Age.
Henry Ware, Jr .- The Biography of the Globe.
Henry W. Kinsman .- The Institution of Chivalry and its Influence on Society.
Edward Hitchcock-The Wonders of Science Compared with the Wonders of Romance.
John G. Palfrey-The Siege and Capture of Louisburg.
TWELFTH COURSE. 1840-41.
John Quincy Adams-Faith.
William H. Simmons-Hamlet.
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George H. Devereux, Salem-Public Opinion.
John L. Hayes-Life of Cuvier.
William H. Simmons-Macbeth.
Converse Francis-Lessons of the Past.
William M. Rogers-A Business Life.
Heman Humphrey-Mental Philosophy.
Henry K. Oliver, Salem, (two lectures)-The Druids.
Samuel M. Worcester, Salem-Reasoning.
James T. Austin-Siege of Boston.
William G. Swett-Reading.
Samuel Osgood-State and Prospects of the Jews.
Andrew P. Peabody-The Poor Man.
John C. Park-The Law of Marriage.
Richard H. Dana, Jr .- Importance of Cultivating the Af- fections.
J. V. C. Smith-Ancient and Modern History of the Coin- age of Metals.
Ezra S. Gannett-Excitability of the American Character.
THIRTEENTH COURSE. 1841-42.
Henry Giles-Crabbe.
G. Tochmau-Poland.
George E Ellis-Scenery of Switzerland.
David H. Barlow-Our Times.
Henry Giles, (three lectures)-Irish History, Irish Charac- ter, Irish Society.
Joseph R. Chandler-Cultivation of the Affections as a Means of Happiness.
Nehemiah Adams-Sketches of Nature and Art in Foreign Travel.
John Pierpont-Snow.
Richard H. Dana. Jr .- Macbeth.
Andrew P. Peabody-Fiction.
Daniel Kimball-Whale Fisheries.
Prof. Adam, (two lectures)-Chinese War.
Henry Giles-Burns.
John Lord, (three lectures) -Causes of Modern Civilization.
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Oliver Wendell Holines-Homeopathy.
Richard H. Dana, Jr .- Reality of the Sea.
FOURTEENTH COURSE. 1842-43.
John Quincy Adams-Government.
William Mitchell, (two lectures) -Astronomy, Comets.
Humphrey Moore-March of Mind.
George B. Cheever-Gothic Architecture.
L. F. Tasistro-Master Spirits of English Poetry.
Benjamin Sears-Germany.
Charles Francis Adams, (two lectures)-Shakspeare.
Dr. Fitch-Music as a Fine Art.
Henry Giles, (two lectures)-Byron.
George Bancroft-Spirit of the Age.
Richard H. Dana, Jr .- Woman.
James E. Murdock-Human Voice, with Illustrations.
Edwin Jocelyn, Salem-Spirit of Teaching.
Richard H. Dana, Jr .- Desdemona.
John C. Park-Character of the Pilgrims.
George II. Colton-American Indians.
James E. Murdock-The Passions.
Henry Giles-Elliott, the Corn Law Rhymer.
FIFTEENTH COURSE. 1843-44.
Henry Giles-Life and Writings of Oliver Goldsmith.
Orestes A. Brownson-Dangers of our Present Form of Government.
Gideon F. Barstow, Salem-Poetry and Song.
W. B. O. Peabody-Anglo-Saxon Race.
Ephraim Peabody-Progress of Physical Science since land- ing of the Pilgrims.
Warren Burton, Salem-Scenery.
Alonzo Gray, (two lectures)-The Chemical Forces ; Oxy- gen, its Agency and Uses.
Henry Giles, (two lectures)-Falstaff; O'Connell, the Irish Agitator.
George Putnam-What is Light.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson-The New England Man.
Alfred A. Abbott-Shelley the Poet.
Charles Francis Adams-Milton.
George E. Ellis-What is Known and what is Unknown in the World.
Jonathan F. Stearns-Advantages of a Liberal Education.
Wendell Phillips-The Lost Arts.
Edwin P. Whipple-The Leading Poets, as Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, &c.
Henry W. Bellows-False Education.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Want of Distinctive National Char- acter.
Thomas P. Field-Past Prose Writers.
SIXTEENTH COURSE. 1844-45.
Edwin P. Whipple-Literature of Impudence.
David P. Page-Injustice of History to the Common People.
Jason Whitman-The American Citizenship, Responsibili- ties, &c.
Alonzo Gray-Aqueous Causes of Change.
Wendell Phillips-Influence of Commerce on Personal Free- dom.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-The Genius of the New Englander.
John G. Palfrey-History of Massachusetts Colony.
Edwin P. Whipple-Novel and Novelists, (Dickens) and a Poem.
Theodore Parker-Signs of the Times.
Henry W. Bellows-The Pursuit of Truth.
Andrew P. Peabody-The Importance of a Fixed Profession.
Ezra S. Gannett-American Life.
George E. Ellis-Rome.
Theodore Parker-Roman Slavery.
Caleb Stetson-The Useful and Beautiful.
Orestes A. Brownson-Social Reform.
Gideon F. Barstow, Salem-Beranger.
Robert Baird-Characters of the Reigning Sovereigns of Europe.
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Samuel M. Worcester, Salem-The Maccabees.
Mrs. Henry Lemon, Salem-Concert.
SEVENTEENTH COURSE. 1845-46.
H. N. Hudson-King Lear, (Shakspeare).
William H. Channing-The College, the Church, and the State.
E. Darling-Chemistry, including Solidification of Carbonic Acid Gas.
W. B. Sprague-Life of Wilberforce.
Stephen Pearl Andrews -- Phonography.
George H. Devereux, Salem -- Man.
Charles T. Brooks -- Omnipresence of the Poetic.
James T. Fields-Books.
A. F. Boyle -- Phonography.
Caleb Stetson -- Individuality of Man.
Lieut. Halleck-The Battle of Waterloo.
Amory Holbrook, Salem-Galileo.
Samuel Osgood -- Rousseau.
Charles B. Haddock -- Cultivation of a Taste for Letters by Men of Business.
Fletcher Webster, (two lectures)-China.
Edwin P. Whipple -- Wit and Humor.
Theodore Parker -- The Progress of Man.
Asa Gray, (two lectures)-Geographical Botany.
Thomas D. Anderson-Reverence for our Government and Laws.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Napoleon Bonaparte.
EIGHTEENTH COURSE. 1846-47.
Joseph R. Ingersoll-Development.
Edwin P. Whipple-Ludicrous Side of Life.
John S. Dwight-Music.
Thomas Hill-Teachings of Outward Nature.
David H Barlow-Swedenborg.
H. N. Hudson-Desdemona and the Moor.
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Thomas T. Stone, Salem-George Fox.
Jared Sparks-American Revolution.
Lorenzo Sabine, (three lectures)-American Loyalists.
Mark Hopkins-Voluntary and Involuntary Powers of Man. Brown Emerson, Salem-Tour in England.
C. B. Haddock-Novels.
Samuel Jolinson, Jr., Salem-Poor of England.
Washington Very, Salem-The Jesuits.
Anson Burlingame-Mexico.
Samuel Elliott-American Liberty.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Eloquence.
Charles Sumner-Algerine Slavery.
Anson Burlingame-Mexico.
Tremont Vocalists-Concert.
NINETEENTH COURSE. 1847-48
Ephraim Peabody-Religious Tendencies of Modern Science. Peleg W. Chandler-The Truly Practical Man.
Epes Sargent-Toleration.
Fletcher Webster-India.
J. P. Nichol (two lectures)-Astronomy. Henry B. Smith-Art.
Alonzo Potter-The Divine Existence.
J. P. Nichol, (two lectures)-Astronomy. Mark Hopkins-Language.
J. P. Nichol, (two lectures) -Astronomy.
Octavius B. Frothingham, Salem-Bishop Berkley. William Hincks-Fruits.
Orin Fowler-Cotton Manufactures.
George R. Crockett-Tyranny of Public Opinion.
George H. Devereux, Salem-The Forests of Maine. Louis Agassiz, (four lectures)-The Animal Creation. Louis Agassiz, (two lectures) -The Glaciers.
TWENTIETH COURSE. 1848-49.
Daniel Webster-History of the Constitution of the United States ; and 7
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James T. Fields-A Poem, "Post of Honor."
Henry D. Thoreau-Student Life in New England, its Economy.
Henry Colman-Philanthropie Institutions of England.
John S. Holmes-Self-Possession.
Louis Agassiz, (three lectures) -Vegetable Kingdom. Edwin P. Whipple-Genius.
Theodore Parker-Transcendentalism.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-England and the English.
Charles Sumner-Law of Progress.
Edwin P. Whipple-Authors.
Samuel Osgood-Poetry of Mechanism.
Henry Colman-A Conversation about England.
Henry Giles-Don Quixote, Woman.
Henry D. Thoreau-Student Life, its Aims and Employ- ments.
Henry Giles-European Revolutions.
Henry Giles-Don Quixote, Human Life.
Horace Mann, (two lectures)-Knowledge.
TWENTY-FIRST COURSE. 1849-50.
Milton P. Braman-Advantages of Popular Suffrage.
Russell Lant Carpenter-Iceland. Horace Mann-Thoughts for Young Men. Sylvester Judd, Jr .- Dramatic Element in the Bible. E. L. Magoun-Patriotism of Paul. Alonzo Potter-Spirit of the Age.
Leonard Withington-Evils of Modern Civilization. Edwin P. Whipple-Character.
Andrew P. Peabody-Moral and Material Worlds. George H. Devereux, Salem-Progress of Mankind. Wendell Phillips-Method of Reform.
George Vandenhoff-Readings from the Poets.
R. C. Waterson-Art and Art Unions. Frances Anne Kemble-" Midsummer Night's Dream.' Thomas Starr King-Thought and Life.
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Theodore Parker-Educated Classes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Traits of the Times.
George Vandenhoff-Readings from Shakespeare.
TWENTY-SECOND COURSE. 1850-51.
G. P. R. James-Early History of the Anglo Saxons.
James M. Hoppin, Salem-Egyptian, Grecian and Roman Architecture.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson-Man and Nature.
George Vandenhoff-Readings from Sheridan.
J. D. Butler-St. Peter's Church in Rome.
Israel E. Dwinell, Salem-Intensity a Characteristic of Modern Civilization.
J. W. Taverner-Hood and Ingoldsby, with Readings.
Theodore Parker-The False and True Idea of the Gentle- man.
Thomas Starr King-Socrates.
Sylvester Judd, Jr .- Origin of Human Language.
Edwin P. Whipple-The American Mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-The Law of Success. . George Shepard-Reading.
Leonard Woods-Democracies of Greece and Rome.
George Thompson-Reforms in England.
O. M. Mitchell-Astronomy.
Caleb Cushing-India.
Edwin H. Chapin-The Actual and Real.
TWENTY-THIRD COURSE. 1851-52.
FIRST SERIES.
Germania Musical Society-Concert.
H. N. Hudson-Falstaff.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson-Mahommed.
John Neal-Pilgrim Fathers.
W. P. Atkinson-Chaucer.
Sylvester Judd, Jr .- Use of the Beautiful,
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J. W. Taverner-Readings from Shakespeare.
Ezra S. Gannett-New England and her Institutions.
George W. Briggs, Salem-George Fox.
Charles E. Norton-Life in India as seen at Madras.
A. L. Stone-Kossuth.
Edwin P. Whipple-The English Mind.
H. F. Harrington-Principle of Immortality.
George Shepard-Dean Swift.
James M. Hoppin, Salem-Sketches in Germany.
J. V. C. Smith-Palestine.
Calvin E. Stowe-The West before the Introduction of Steam.
Thomas Starr King-Substance and Show.
Ralph Waldo Emerson-Economy.
SECOND SERIES.
Germania Musical Society-Concert.
H. N. Hudson-The Baconian Method.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson-Mahommed.
John Neal-Law and Lawyers.
W. P. Atkinson-Plea for Poverty.
Sylvester Judd, Jr .- Use of the Beautiful.
J. W. Taverner-Readings from Shakespeare.
Ezra S. Gannett-New England and her Institutions.
George W. Briggs, Salem-George Fox.
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