Excerpt from Academical Degrees and Titles: An Address at the Eighth Annual Commencement of the College of St. James, MD., July 27th, 1854 But our concern now is with Academical Titles. They will not, as they should not, be abolished. What we ought to do is - learn their true nature and value, and aim to make them real by conferring them worthily. Some remarks on the origin, history, and right sources of such degrees may properly precede an explanation of their meaning and value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.