Excerpt from Reminiscences of Amherst College: Historical, Scientific, Biographical and Autobiographical; Also, of Other and Wider Life Experiences, (With Four Plates and a Geological Map) I have now been connected with Amherst College during the whole period of its legal existence, that is, ever since it obtained a Charter, which was thirty-eight years ago. It had, indeed, commenced operations four years earlier, and graduated fifty-three; but, with perhaps one or two exceptions, I had become acquainted with them all, as well as with the officers. With the 1,520 who have since graduated, I have of course been acquainted, because I have given them all courses of lectures, and heard their recitations in the department assigned me. For I have never been prevented, in any year, from giving my assigned course of instruction, either by sickness or absence. I have also known personally, and as friends, every Instructor who has been connected with the College. I can say the same with respect to all the Trustees, and other persons officially related to the Institution, and with most of the early and later benevolent individuals who have founded and sustained it. I have also been cognizant of, and shared in, all the seasons of prosperity through which it has passed, and during the season of its deepest pecuniary exigency and its subsequent relief, I was its responsible head. Professor Snell is the only man living who has been here as long, for he was appointed Tutor in 1825, and Professor in 1829. In view of these facts, the inquiry has often arisen in my mind, whether it might not be a useful service, and perhaps a duty, to put upon paper such reminiscences of Amherst College as seem to me worthy of preservation. For I am sure that I should be able to give many such, in relation to some of the interests of the College, that are unknown to others. Till recently, I have been prevented from such an effort, by several circumstances. One was the great pressure of other literary labors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.