Bernadotte Perrin

thumb| Bernadotte Perrin (September 15, 1847 – August 31, 1920) was an American classicist and sometime Lampson Professor of Greek Literature and History at Yale University. Quotes [B]etween impulsive hearts and compulsive authority, you have consistently seasoned justice with mercy, and invigorated mercy with justice. Address of Professor Bernadotte Perrin, Presenting to Professor Henry Parks Wright a Silver Medal from the Members of the Faculty of Yale College, 1884–1909, on June 25, 1909, at the Close of his Twenty-five Years of Service as Dean (1909) In praise of Henry Parks Wright, referencing Portia's "quality of mercy" in The Merchant of Venice, IV, 1 It is as though we had to reconstruct for ourselves a mountain range from its distorted reflections in the bosom of a lake. History (New York: Columbia University Press, 1912), p. 162 On interpreting Oriental history through the Greek of Herodotus External links Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:1847 births Category:1920 deaths Category:Academics from the United States Category:Yale University faculty Category:People from Connecticut