CALVIN COOLIDGE
ourselves, and what is even more important, keep our faith in regular and persistent application to hard work, we need not worry about the outcome.
During my first two years at Amherst I studied hard but my marks were only fair. It needed some encouragement from my father for me to continue. In junior year, however, my powers began to increase and my work began to improve. My studies became more interesting. I found the course in history under Professor Anson D. Morse was very absorbing. His lectures on medieval and modern Europe were inspiring, seeking to give his students not only the facts of past human experience but also their meaning. He was very strong on the political side of history, bringing before us the great figures from Charlemagne to Napoleon with remarkable distinctness, and showing us the influence of the Great Gregory and Innocent IIL The work of Abélard and Erasmus was considered, and the important era of Luther and Calvin thoroughly explored.
In due time we crossed the Channel with William the Conqueror and learned how he subdued and solidified the Kingdom of England. The signifi-
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