and the South must hold him most in honor and reverence. The next generation will hold him fully worth}' of the appellation already The Horace Mann frequently applied to him \'irginia
—
of the South." visit to
"'
In 1891 Dr. Ruffner
the State of
Washington on
made
a second
a geologic er-
rand, and since that time has
shorter literary
excursions.
He
has
made also
similar but
engaged
in
work, especially in writing the history of
Washington and Lee University.
He
the age of seventy-four, resting at his I.exing-ton.
is now at home near