THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.

SEMI-CENTENNIAL ADDRESS

TO THE

ALUMNI OF YALE COLLEGE,

AND

GRADUATES OF 1814,

AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING,

JULY 27, 1864.

BY SAMUEL B. RUGGLES, LL. D.

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1864.

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