| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | November 16 | | James McCosh | | By Robert Bridges (1844–1930) |
| | | | President of Princeton University. He died on Nov. 16, 1894. |
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YOUNG to the end through sympathy with youth, | |
| Gray man of learning—champion of truth! | |
| Direct in rugged speech, alert in mind, | |
| He felt his kinship with all humankind, | |
| And never feared to trace development | 5 |
| Of high from low—assured and full content | |
| That man paid homage to the Mind above, | |
| Uplifted by the “Royal Law of Love.” | |
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| The laws of nature that he loved to trace | |
| Have worked, at last, to veil from us his face; | 10 |
| The dear old elms and ivy-covered walls | |
| Will miss his presence, and the stately halls | |
| His trumpet-voice; while in their joys | |
| Sorrow will shadow those he called “my boys!” | | | |
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