Addresses by Rev. Jesse Appleton, D.D., Late President of Bowdoin College

Excerpt from Addresses by Rev. Jesse Appleton, D.D., Late President of Bowdoin College: Delivered at the Annual Commencements, From 1808 to 1818; With a Sketch of His Character With a view to render the publication an useful manual for the future. Students of the institution, as well as an interesting me morial to those who have enjoyed its benefits, it was thought that it would increase the value of the collection, without impair ing its unity, to include some other performances of Dr. Appleton upon similar occasions. As a legacy either of election or ln struction, it will probably not be rendered less acceptable, nor be deemed as requiring any apology, for being enriched with the Address delivered upon his inauguration, and what is termed the Introductory Lecture, illustrating the dangers and securities of collegial life. This lecture was originally prefixed to his regular theological course. To these is added the letter to the stu dents wn'tten from Amherst at the commencement of his last ill. Ness, explaining his absence and enforcing upon their attention the practical observance of several important precepts. If the interest of this communication is capable of being increased by any circumstance, it would be that of its being the last ever addressed to them by him - and with particular propriety there fore closes the present volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.