Inaugural discourse delivered to the graduates of King's College, Aberdeen, on his installation as Lord Rector October 14, 1857 / by John Inglis.

  • Glencorse, John Inglis, Lord, 1810-1891.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Inaugural discourse delivered to the graduates of King's College, Aberdeen, on his installation as Lord Rector October 14, 1857 / by John Inglis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ^verc foremost in tlic ranks of the learned and enliglitened men, who, in tlie end of the fifteenth and beginning of tlie sixteenth century, set tliemselves to the work of reclaim- ing and fertilising the great moral and intellectual waste. Although the erection of the Universitj in 1494 was not immediately followed by any very apparent beneficial results, the institution of the College in 1505 was of much greater practical utility. The appointment of Hector Boece as Principal reflects the greatest credit on the discrimination of Bishop Elphinstone. lie was one of the most distinguished students of his time in the Plniversity of Paris, the early and constant friend of Erasmus, described by his contemporaries as a man of singular erudition and eloquence, and, if we may trust his own testimony, both zealous and successful in his academical office. AVriting certainly not later than 1522, he speaks of himself and his faithful fellow-labourer, AVilliam Hay, the sub-Principal, and of the fruits of their early labours, with excusable and pleasing complacency. I give you the pas¬ sage in his own not inelegant Latinity: “ Aberdonim itaque sedere ubi coeperam, ut commodius adolescentes disciplinis formarem, AVilhelmum Ilayuin, quocum philosophiie Parrisiis operam dederam, accivi in sociiim laboris. Is inagna in me charitate ductus, uti necessarius, mecum Aberdonim consedit. Literarium laborem animo subiit con- stanti, in dies magis delectatus in adolescentibus erudiendis, comes fidissimus. Exacta inde et perseA^eranti diligentia