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Curtis asked him if he had shot anything. Gray said,
"No, nothing but a hawk in Watertown. I stopped at the Museum
as I came by, and gave it to Agassiz." "I suppose Agassiz
said 'Accipter,'" said Curtis.
When Professor Greenleaf resigned his place at the Dane Law
School, much to the regret of the students, it was proposed
to secure a likeness of him for the lecture room. There was
some discussion whether it should be a bust or a picture,
and if a bust what should be the material. Curtis said: "Better
make it Verd Antique. That means Old Green."
Dr. Beck once required his class each to bring a Latin epigram.
Dan Curtis, who was not very fond of work unless it was in
the line of his own tastes, sent in the following:
Fugiunt. Qui fugiunt? Galli; tunc moriar contentus.
"What is that, Curtis?" said the Doctor. "Dying words of
Wolfe, sir," replied Curtis. "Ah," said the Doctor with
great satisfaction. He thought it was Wolf the famous Greek
scholar, and thought the epigram highly to Curtis's credit.
I have still in my memory a very bright poem of his.


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