Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1856. Excerpt: ... that time will never wear away. His epitaph is written upon the Institution which he reared, and which stands as his enduring memorial. Other men have been ambitious of a posthumous fame. He was willing to lose renown, and has therefore attained it. Not less than five thousand men have carried into the learned professions an impress from his mind. He will enstamp his influence on thousands yet to be educated in one or another of the schools which he started into life. His deeds form an instructive commentary on the uses of wealth. Had he died a merely rich man, the letters which compose his name might still have been seen. But now, the man himself is known and loved; his example is a stimulus to enterprise, and every College in New England has reason to rejoice in his abiding influence. Some men have been careful to write the inscription to be placed upon their own tomb-stones. But his is a living inscription, that flourishes and grows broader and higher in the augmenting multitude who enjoy his charities and distribute the fruits of them among the churches of our land. There is no way in which a man of wealth can be so certain of a beneficent life through succeeding ages, as in the endowment of a Christian school; for a school has, in itself, an element of power; and a Christian school retains, augments, and diffuses the influence which it has once acquired. The history of Judge Phillips affords a vivid illustration of our " social liabilities." The firm and stern moral principle of his ancestors, remained a blessing to the third and fourth generation of their descendants, and will continue to enrich them. Those old Puritan divines made a strong impression upon their contemporaries, and it is not effaced by the friction of succeeding ages. But influence works upward as well as dow...