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XXII.
Gottingen and Harvard a century ago Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me at the U- niversity of Gottingen, niversity of Gottingen.
To the majority of Harvard graduates the chief association with Gottingen is Canning's once-famous squib, of which this is the first verse, in the Anti-Jacobin.
But the historical tie between the two universities is far too close to be forgotten; and I have lately come into possession of some quite interesting letters which demonstrate this.
They show conclusively how much the development of Harvard College was influenced, nearly a century ago, by the German models, and how little in comparison by Oxford and Cambridge; and as the letters are all from men afterwards eminent, and pioneers in that vast band of American students who have since studied in Germany, their youthful opinions will possess a peculiar interest.
The three persons through whom this infl