{"id":16456,"date":"2016-09-01T17:44:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T17:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/?p=16456"},"modified":"2016-09-01T17:44:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T17:44:38","slug":"degree-rejected-henry-ward-beecher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/degree-rejected-henry-ward-beecher\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree Rejected by Henry Ward Beecher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The title of Doctor of Divinity conferred upon Henry Ward Beecher by Amherst College, at the late Commencement, is rejected by Mr. Beecher, in a note addressed to the Board of Trustees, under due date of \u2018Peekskill, August 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u2019\u2019\u00a0 He very sensible remarks: \u201cGentlemen,\u00a0 I have been duly notified that at the last meeting of the Board of Trustees, the title <em>Doctor of Divinit<\/em>y was conferred upon me. \u00a0It would certainly give me pleasure should any respectable institution bear such a testimony of good-will.\u00a0 But that\u00a0 AMHERST COLLEGE , MY own mother, should so kindly remember a son, is a peculiar gratification.\u00a0 \u2026\u2026 I greatly prefer the simplicity of that name which my mother uttered over me in the holy hour of infant consecration and baptism. May I be permitted, without seeming to undervalue your kindness, to return it to your hands; that I may to the end of my life be, as thus far ;I have been, simply\u00a0 HENRY WARD BEECHER<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Liberator,<\/em> Sept 7, 1860, pg 3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The title of Doctor of Divinity conferred upon Henry Ward Beecher by Amherst College, at the late Commencement, is rejected by Mr. Beecher, in a note addressed to the Board&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/degree-rejected-henry-ward-beecher\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Degree Rejected by Henry Ward 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