Speaking of Quincy he
said: "He would be reckoned among honorable men, though their
number were reduced to that of the mouths of the Nile or the
gates of Thebes."
Felton, the Greek professor, was the heartiest and jolliest
of men. He was certainly one of the best examples of a fully
rounded scholarship which this country or perhaps any country
ever produced. He gave before the Lowell Institute a course
of lectures on Greece Ancient and Modern, into which is compressed
learning enough to fill a large encyclopaedia. He also edited
two or three Greek plays and an edition of Homer, which was
extensively used as a text-book.
Professor Felton was a very impulsive man, though of great
dignity and propriety in his general bearing. He had some
theories of his own as to the matter of pure and correct
English and was very much disgusted if anybody transgressed
them. His brother, John Felton, of the class of 1847, afterward
the foremost lawyer on the Pacific Coast, was altogether the
best and most brilliant scholar in his class. He was reported
to the Faculty just before his graduation for the offence
of swearing in the College Yard, an offence which was punished
by what was called a public admonition which involved a considerable
loss of rank and a letter to the parent or guardian of the
offender.
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