he arrives at bowdoin. it's a classical curriculum in the 19th century, all the way up to maybe the last part of the century. people that the values taught in and rome were important values for citizens. in that day. i why? well, in 1849, harvard professor conway feinstein wrote we need to learn to become like greeks. i wondered what he meant. he said, here's the problem. we are living in a self indulging age. we are tolerating a constant reference to reference to self. my goodness, that sounds so contempt. when he arrived at bowdoin college, he came with a great disability he was a stammerer or a stutterer. and in an oral culture in the first year, he had to take a class in elocution. you can imagine what this must have been, where often the meaning the of education were recitation outward speaking. fortunately, a professor helped him overcome and again one of the unlikeliest stories is in future years will become professor of rhetoric at bowdoin college. also during his there calvin stowe came professor o