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Title: John Harvard and his times
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Shelley, Henry Charles. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown, and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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o diffuse an atmosphere of expediencythroughout the college. Although, then, the Puritanism of JohnHarvard probably owed little to the influenceof Preston, who died in less than a year afterhe became a student, he could hardly fail to beimpressed by the resolute teaching of AnthonyTuckney, who was at this time the most influ-ential fellow and tutor, in the college. Har-vard, indeed, may well have enrolled himselfamong the pupils of Tuckney, and, on his re-moval to Boston in 1629, been transferred withhis other scholars to the tuition of Thomas Hill,who was an equally staunch upholder of Cal-vinism. Tuckney, it may be noted in passing,had previously acted as private chaplain in thehousehold of Theophilus Clinton, fourth Earlof Lincoln, a peer whose interest in New Eng-land is well known. In that fact perhaps wemay have a clue to Harvards final decision toseek a home in the New World. What, how-ever, does not admit of doubt is that Tuckneysinfluence on the young student was wholly on180
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DR. ANTIIUXV TUCK.NEV, TCTOR OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE. - Pa</f ISO. CAMBRIDGE the side of Puritanism. Never for a momentdid he waver in his allegiance to that cause;although he appears to have been a man of at-tractive personal character, he effectually pre-vented that charm from showing itself in hiscreed. Any preaching which appeared tofavour philosophers and other heathen being made fairer candidates for heaven than theScriptures seem to allow distressed him ex-ceedingly ; to Arminianism in every shape andform he maintained an unqualified opposition.While, however, the influence of Harvardstutor might be counted upon to keep himsound in the tenets of Calvin, it is conceivablethat other phases of doctrine would emerge inhis discussions with his fellow students. With-out implying any reflection upon the manyable men who have since been numberedamong its graduates, it may be questionedwhether Emmanuel College has ever possessedat one period so notable a group of students asthose who wer

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