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He also resigned the public oratorship in the same year, and in consequence of illness left Cambridge in 1873.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

Bruce, R. C., of Miss., awarded class oratorship at Harvard, 407.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring