Excerpt from Addresses at the Inauguration of Rev. Julius H. Seelye, to the Presidency of Amherst College, June 27, 1877
It must not be forgotten that the three grand sta ples of a liberal culture are' Mathematics, Greek and Latin; and in this order. N o mountain of facts can make any man a great scholar. His mind must be trained like a wrestler's muscles. He must have insight. He must master laws and principles. He must see the forest ln Spite of its trees.
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