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speak from much personal knowledge, [?] teacher at that time was James M. McLean - a large hearted, noble man, since distinguished as a pastor & scholar in the city of N. York. I also remember [well] when Samuel H. Taylor first appeared in our recitations room, blushing like a girl, and conducting his class in an apologetic, deferential manner, which stands no in an almost ludicrous contrast, with his subsequent [?] deciscion [?] . Mr Johnson was usually quiet, but always most [?] and thorough in his style of teaching. Nothing escaped his notes. Any [?] of an [?] scholar shift or of skill in [?] The original, with its nice shades of meaning, with idiomatic English, transported him with delight. I have known him to to allow, unconsciously, one star - and read the...