In the next
class John Felton, Judge Endicott, Judge Charles Allen, and
Tuckermann, the naturalist, were the persons who have been
most famous in after life. I believe no one of them, except
Felton who graduated the second scholar, ranked very high
in college. I myself graduated with a fairly decent rank.
I believe I was the nineteenth scholar in a class of sixty-
six. When I graduated I looked back on my wasted four years
with a good deal of chagrin and remorse. I set myself resolutely
to make up for lost time. I think I can fairly say that I
have had few idle moments since. I have probably put as much
hard work into life as most men on this continent. Certainly
I have put into it all the work that my physical powers, especially
my eyes, would permit. I studied law in Concord the first
year after graduation. I used to get up at six o'clock in
the morning, go to the office, make a fire and read law until
breakfast time, which was at seven in the summer and half-
past in the winter. Then I went home to breakfast and got
back in about three-quarters of an hour and spent the forenoon
until one diligently reading law.
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