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S":*Vj|KJg?J,^!f^>5j^, ' 'J*^aSi(^,jP»f ,^;'. ^ ,^^ '.l|fita4-;>«Vt*3,'. ft;-5»t«f>.* Xf7V V,J) Men si: :HAIR UN I Jjj* TESTIMONIALS (II THi: PJ J i^ ) ll„ ui Alliii't Unities Professor of Intellectual Philosophy in Hmnilton Collide, Nciv York ; formerly L/'ctnrer on Losfic ami Ethics in the Collr IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CONTENTS. I. From Jamks McCosii, D.D., LL.D., Ex-President of the | College of New Jersey, at Princeton. II. From William Cavi:n, D.D., Principal oi Knox College,] Toronto. III. From W. D. Wilson, D. D., LL.D., Professor Emeritus i)f| Mental Science in Cornell University, New York. IV. From Chakles F. Deems, D.D., LL.D., of New York City,| V. From S. M. Hamilton, D.D., of New York City. VI. From Hknky Darling, D.D., LL.D., President of Hamil ton College. VII. From Edward North, L.H.D., LL.D., Senior Professorl in Hamilton College, New York. VIII. From the Hon. Thkodori: W. Dwiuht, LL.D., Professor] in the Columbia College Law School, New York City. IX. From Doctors Garrit r and Morsk, the Senior Professors| in Hanover College, Indiana. X. From Joski'H F. Tuttlk, D.D., LL D., President of Wabasli] College, Indiana. XL From F. S. Scovkl, D.D., LL.D., President of Woosterj University, Ohio. XII. From Alfred H. Moment, D.D., Pastor of the West minster Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. XIII. From Wm. Cochrane, D.D., of Hrantford, Ont. XIV. From Joseph T. Dcryka, D.D., LL D., Pastor of the Cenj tral Congregational Church in Omaha. XV. F"rom Wm. C. Roberts D. D., LL.D., President of Lake! Forest University, Illinois ; Moderator of the U. S.| Presbyterian Church. XVI. From Rev. J. G. Manley, Agent U. C. Bible Socielyj Toronto. XVII. Opinions respecting Dr. Hamilton's Works. TESTIMONIALS. I. Fkom dr. McCOSH. I'.x-Presidcnt of Princeton Colh^c, PRINCI'TON, N.J., July 1 6, 1889. We had the privilege, some years ago, of having Professor Edward J. Hamilton conduct our classes of Logic and Ethics in Princeton College. On his leaving us I gave him a very high certificate. If it has been preserved I give him leave to use it as he sees fit. I believe it helped him to get the posi- tion which he now holds, the duties of which he lias discharged with ability and success. In that certificate I spoke of his book on philosophy, which is accurate, full and comprehen- sive. He treats of philosophical themes in a way which is fitted to instruct young men and enlarge their minds. He has written other and smaller works which are acute and well-reasoned. He has the power of expressing himself to his pupils clearly and convincingly. Altogether he is a teacher to whom young men may be committed, to teach them safely and wisely. In everything he will show them a high example. JAMES McCOSH. II. Fkom thk KI:V. I'KINCIIWI. CAVHN, D.D., Knox Cor.i.Kc.K, ToKONTO, OnT., July 19, lH,S(j, The Rov. Dr. Hamilton is ref^anlod by all who arc ar quainted with him as a sound and able thinker. He lia> taught Mental Science with much success in several coll(f,'es m the United States. Dr. Hamilton is the author of elaborate and valuable treatises on the *' Human Mind " antl " Mental Science," These works establish his title to be classed with the leadinfj metaphysical writers of the Continent. In estimating his qualifications to direct the mental development of young men, Dr. Hamilton's high moral and religious character should be taken into account. His doc- trines and personal influence would be equally favourable to all that is good, \VM. CAVEN. III. Fkom tjif. rev. W. D. WILSON, D.D, LL.D., I'rofi'SMr limfritii.t of Meiihil Siiiinr mid Ethics in Cornell i'iii:-fr- sity ; Antlior of 'n'orks oil l.o_^ir, Psvt /lology, lir., cff. Syracuse, N.Y., July 19, 18S9. Thf- Hon. Grorgr W, Ross, Minister of Education, etc:— Mv Df.ar Sir, — I understand that Professor Edward J. Hamilton is a candidate for the Professorship of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy in the College at Toronto. I have known Dr. Hamilton for several years, both as a professor and teacher in the department of Moral and Intel- lectual Philosophy, and as an author of one or two very useful books in that department. As a man he is gentlemanly and quite prepossessing. As an author and teacher he is instructive and conservative, agreeing with such men as the late Presidents Porter of Yale, and McCosh of Princeton. I have no doubt he will be eminently successful and popular. W. D. WILSON. IV. From t.ik RKV. DR. DKHMS. I'lisidiut of the .tnicriciiH Inttitiite of ChrhliiUi I'liiltwophy, rue// l.'iiivfr- 4 WlNTIIKOl' Pl.ACH, Nkw Yokk, July i6, 18S9. TiiH Hon. Cj. \V. Ross, Minister of Eiiiicution, Voxowio: — Sir, — Learning that Prof. Hamilton is to be among tlujse from whom is to he selected the person who is to fill the Chair of Metaphysics and Logic made vacant by the (l( atii of Prof. Young, I beg leave to add my testimonial to tliu many in his favour which, I doubt not, will be presented. As President of the American Institiite of Christian Philo- sophy, and as one of the Council of the L'niversity of New York, I have had opportunity to learn something of the Professor's capabilities. He was satisfactory as a teacher of Metaphysics before I enjoyed the pleasure of his personal acquaintance. His services have been greatly appreciated by the Institute of Philosophy, and I have had occasion to know that he has been much more than ofdinarily successful in training young men in Philosophy. When it became necessary to appoint a Vice-Chancellor in our University, we spent a wmter at the work of selection. When narrowed to two gentlemen. Professor Hamilton was one. The chancellorship being united with the professorship, Dr. MacCracken's experience in the executive work in a Pennsylvania University gave him the preference. I mention these private matters because I think it is due to you and to Dr. Hamilton that you should know the high esteem in which he is held as a teacher in his department. I trust that I shall be able to congratulate Toronto on securing Professor Hamilton. With very great regard. Most obediently yours, CHARLES F. DEEMS. Tkom thk rev. SAMUEL M. HAMILTON. D.lJ.. Member of the CouhiU of the Univtnity of .\tu< )'iie PnsbvUrniH Church of fh,' ('iiii,-J St„t,^. Hamilton Collkgk, Clinton, N.Y., July 4, 1H89. To the Rfa'. KnwARO I. Hamilton, D.D., Albert Bartics Pro- fessor of httelfectital Philosophy : My Dkar Doctor, — Your letter of yesterday informing ine of your purpose to become a candidate for the Chair of Metaphysics and Loj]fic in thf; University College, Toronto, (!anada, has given me very great anxiety. You have for six years filled the Albert Barnes Professor- ship of Intellectual Philosophy in the institution over which 1 am called to preside, with so much honour both to yourself and us, that we are exceedingly unwiUing to think of the possibility of your leaving us and going elsewhere. The study of Mental Science has been with you a life work, and your contributions to the literature ol that subject have given you a high place among modern thinkers. In your Treatise on Logic, which I suppose will soon be published, we anticipate a valuable addition to that science, and an increase of your reputation as a keen and astute metaphysician. As a Christian gentleman, as well as scholar, it gives me pleasure to testify to your urbanity and kindness. You have also been to me an exceedingly helpful associate in the con- tiuct of the college. With sincere respect, Yours truly, HENRY DARLING, Presidfnt of Hamilton Colli\^e. VII. From EDWARD NORTH, L.H.D., LL.D. Professor of Greek, and the Senior Professor in Hamilton College. Hamilton College, Clinton, Oneida Co., N.Y., July 31, 1889. To the Honourable George W. Ross, Dear Sir, — For six years I have been associated with the Rev. Dr. Edward J. Hamilton in the Faculty of Hamilton College, and I have found him an agreeable, helpful com- panion. While lie is an enthusiast in the studies of his own (k part tnent, he fully recof^nizes the value of other studies, and heartily co-operates with his colleagues in workitiL; tlitl complicated machinery of midergraduate instruction and government. As a preacher Dr. Hamilton has been frequentl)- heard in] our College Chapel, and in neighbouring pulpits, and 1 sermons are well-fitted to aid the young in the building iipof| sound religious character. As a college professor he is exemplary in his industry, jiii.! courtesy, his sympathy with the young, and in hishahitof doing with fidelity, enthusiasm and thoroughness, whatever | duty he undertakes. EDWARD NORTH. VIII. Fro.vi HON. THEODORE W. DWIGHT, LL.D., Sciiiiir Professor Olid Warden of the ('o/iiiii/>iii Cot/i[i;e Lino Sr/ioo/, Nao York. Cor.uMiuA CoLi.KGE Law School, 41 East 49TH St., New York, July 19, i88y. The Hon. Ghokge W. Ross, Miiiisfer 0/ Education of the Province of Ontario : — Dear Sir, — I have learned that the Rev. Edward J, Hamilton, D.D., now Albert Barnes Professor of Intellectual Philosophy, etc., in Hamilton College, U.S.A., is a candidate for the Chair of Metaphysics and Logic in the University at Toronto, made va'^ant by the death of Professor Young. I have had some opportunity to become acquainted with Dr. Hamilton's ability and reputation as a metaphysician and logician, both from the fact that I am one of the trustees of Hamilton College and from my occupation as Warden of the Law Scliool of Columbia College in the City of New York. It affords me sincere pleasure to give you my impressions of his fitness for the place to which I have referred. He is a very clear and logical thinker, and possesses a thorough knowledge of his st)l>ject, as well as an intimate acquaintance with the views of the leading writers upon it. At the same time he is ipdepenclent in his modes of thought and style of treatment. He is a man of originality as well as of careful and accurate research. His style of composition is clear and att'^active. He possesses, m a high degree, a master^' of that power of exposition which is of prime importance in dealing with students. I am fortified in what 1 have writteii by the concurring opinion of men of the higliest standing in the treatment of nutaphysical topics, from whom testimonials will no doubt be supplied to you. As might be expected, Dr. Hamilton has published works of sterling merit, and has those of a kindred nature in j)re- l)aration. In manners and feeling lie is gentlemanly and honourable, and certain to live in harmony with associates, as well as to train the affections of earnest students while he secures their liigh respect by his abilit>', fidelity and good-will. vShould he be chosen to fill the Chair for which he is now a candidate, I believe that he will not only be a useful pro- tcssor, but will, if his life be spared, shed lustre upon the University. With high respect. Yours very trid}-, THEODORB \V. D WIGHT. uaintance IX. From professor JOSHUA H. GARRITT and PRO- FESSOR F. L. MORSE. HaNOVKK CoLI KCiK, Hanovf.k, Ind., July 12, 1889. To the Rev. Edwaku J. Hamilton, D.D., Hamilton College, New York : — Dhak Dr. Hamilton, — More than eight years have passed since we were associated together as colleagues in the faculty of Hanover College. During that time various changes have occurred, so that we, who now address yon, are the only ones of your old asso- ciates who are still here. Heariiif^ that your name is spoken of for a yet higher position than that you have already attained, we write to wish you God-speed, and to give you a testimonial of our abiding respect and fraternal regard. We remember you as a genial, kind-hearted, honourable gentleman ; as a devoted and able instructor in your chosen department ; and as a most independent, determined and industrious philosopher. We look back with great pleasure to the time during which we were associated together, and regard it as an honour to our College — your Alma Mater— that your able work, " The Human Mind," was begun and completed during your residence in Hanover. We have watched your course since leaving us with great interest ; we have rejoiced in your success, and we confidently expect for you, in the time to come, an increasingly useful and success- ful career. We are, dear Dr. Hamilton, Yours most fraternally, JOSHUA B. GARRITT, Professor of Greek in Hanover College. F. L. MORSE, Professor of Mathematics in Hanover College. X. From the RP:V. JOSEPH F. TUTTLE, D.D., LL.D., President of \Val)ash College, Indiana. Wabash College, Ckawfordsville, Ind., July 20, 1889. To the Hon. Geo. W. Ross, Minister of Education of the Province of Ontario : — Dear Sir, — I write this letter in the interest of the Rev. Professor Edward J. Hamilton, D.D., for several years a dis- tinguished professor of Metaphysics and Logic in Hanover College, in the State of Indiana, and in Hamilton College, in the State of New York. He has proved himself a learned scholar in his special line of study, as also in the related sciences. Not only has he proved himself a learned scholar, but also an able instructor of young men. His grca^. purity of character and his }j;entleinanhness of manners have greatly endeared him to his associates in the faculty of instruction and to his students. I have carefully read the commendations wiiich my dis- tinguished friend, President Patton, of Princeton University, New Jersey, has written in behalf of Doctor Hamilton, and fully adopt them as my own. I am sure others will speak words in his praise not less emphatic. After j'ears of acquaintance, Wabash College bestowed on him the degree of D.D., and, as I think, never bestowed it more worthily. Respectfully yours, JOSEPH F. TUTTLE. XI. From thk REV. SYLVESTER F. SCOVEL, D.D., LL.D., President of Wooster University. WoosTER, Ohio, July 13, 1889. To the Hon. George W. Rcss, Minister of Education of On- tario, Toronto, Ontario: Dear Sir, — It gives me more than ordinary pleasure to certify to the philosophical culture and ability of my former class-mate and life-long friend, the Rev. Prof. Edward J. Hamilton, now connected with Hamilton College. His studies began phenomenally early, and were pursued during a youth and young manhood of most singular purity and elevation. Concentrating upon his chosen department he has made himself a master in it, both in the disciplined thinking and in the wide reading that involves. As a teacher he is enthusiastic and awakening. As an author he has given proof of the solidity of his acquirements. I trust that his candidacy may result successfully. Sincerely yours, SYLVESTER F. SCOVEL. XII. * From the KKV. ALFKED H, MOMENT, D.D.. Pastor oj the Westminster Hrcsbytifimi Cliinrhy /trooktyii, Neu< \'illii:;e, " I tiiui in it the ripe ihouj^ht and expression, with iho thorouj^hnt'ss and vij^our of treatment which can come only from the lonf^ stiftl\' and elaboration of one who is at home in dealinj^ with questions pertaining,' to the himian intellect. — Lyman H. .\rwATi:K, 1).!)., LF^.I)., hiU' Professor i>f A"i;/V, JCthics and Politics in I'riiicetoii Collc}>;t'. " It is written with clearness and modesty, and shows the fruits of much mrditation upon the subject. "" -Francis liowis, LL.n., Pritf. of Moriil Fliilosopliv in Ilarvdnl Uiiivefsily. " It is the product of conscientious and cartifid study, is remarkably well arranged and clearly written, and is well adapted for class instruction." W. (i. T. Sukdd, D.l)., Liv.D., Prof, of Systvnmtic Tiicolo^y in tlw Union Theolo^iatl Seminary, New York. " I have read many of his discussions with great interest, and have scarcely been able to lay the book down since I first opened it."— B. N. Martin, D.l)., late Prof, of Menial and Moral Fliilosophy in the University of New York. "This book (' The Human Mind*) belongs to the same class with the works of Porter and Mc('osh, and, in my judgment, it compares favourably with them." — W. 1). Wilson, LL.D., late Prof, of Mental and Moral Philosophy in Cornell University. " Dr. Hamilton's book impn.'sses me as being the work of an independent thinker, who has given conscientious study to his subject and made it inviting by a mode of treatment both lucid and earnest," — W. A. Fostkr, Q.C, LL.I)., Toronto Un i versify . "... Dr. Hamilton's treatment has the merit of bein<,' thoroughly systematic and intelligible, qualities of the highest importance in a department of thought which has been given over very largely to pure logomachy. It has the further and greater merit of being largely historical, the opinions of former writers being stated not merely clearly, but fairly. Where the author differ^; from others on many important points, it is satisfactory to find him willing and competent to do justice to those whose opinions he is controverting. . . . Dr. Hamilton's treatise will l)e found most useful in the field of psychology proper, his classification and explanation of mental phenomena having a high pedagogical, no less than philosophical value." — Toronto (iloui;, Dec. //, /S^Sj. " It is impossible to glance through this work without being impressed with its conscientiousness, as well as with its simple and luminous exposition of the doctrines of the author." — Rev. J. Clark Murray, LL.D., McGill College, Montreal. ■iA i *r^ tid :^i^< li which 'Icar." t ' 1 ColLi^e, f^Uvi with ihe . 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