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Edward Carson Bowman, 267_
was that of an earnest and truth-seeking mind. Of unbroken
Puritan ancestry on his mother's side, he showed the vigorous traits of Puritan character, though born in Alabama.
Yet his favorite authors - Bentham and Mill in philosophy,
Gibbon and Buckle in history-gave him a bias to liberal
if not towards sceptical opinions, in religious and social matters. Exceedingly generous in his sympathies, and generous
almost to a fault with his purse, he had also an even temper
and much patience and forbearance. He carried these traits
into his naval career, and did not die too soon to bequeath
an example of self-devotion.