SCHELLING ANNIVERSARY PAPERS T FELIX E. SCHELLING ARTHUR HOBSON QUINN Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania HE account of the career of a great teacher and scholar is not merely a record of events. If it is to be of service as an inspiration to those who come after him it must reveal a philosophy of life, and to those who know Felix Schelling, such a guiding principle of conduct shines clearly through the years that have brought him to the anniversary which this volume celebrates. The record of his achievements will indicate his tireless industry; their impression upon the world of scholarship will reveal his ability as an investigator and a creator. But there are two qualities that have characterized the man which show more definitely in his human relations. The first, by which he has won the respect of those with whom he agreed and those with whom he differed, is-courage. The second, which has endeared him to his more intimate friends and colleagues, has been that consideration for the rights of others which enabled him to develop from its beginning a university department of instruction, unified, loyal and yet highly individual in its elements, which will remain his most significant creation. Before the story of his University career begins, however, a few words must establish the influences of his earlier life. Felix E. Schelling's father, Felix Schelling, Senior, was born in Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland, and was educated to follow an uncle in the profession of medicine. The family, identified as the same as that of the philosopher, was originally a Dutch one, the branch in which we are interested coming from Holland to Switzerland in the |