Abstract

Harvard Memorial Biographies

The article provides information on the book "Harvard Memorial Biographies." Possibly these lives, edited by classmate at the Harvard University in Cambridge, relative, or bosom friend, may resemble somewhat those which commonly get upon tombstones. Though professedly memorial, and therefore consolatory rather than critical or didactic, these biographies are remarkable for candor and truthfulness. They are even characterized by moderateness of statement and a tacit agreement to say little beyond the narrative, which tells so much. It is encouraging to turn from what seems a barren, even if diminishing, strife of sects, and a seeming decadence of the church, to the intimate connection here shown between the new birth into religion and the patriotic sacrifice on the field of battle.