july march professor chemistry colonel american civil war leader agricultural education raised massachusetts clark spent adult life massachusetts graduated obtained doctorate chemistry served professor chemistry civil war granted leave serve 21st regiment massachusetts volunteer infantry eventually achieving rank colonel command unit clark president mac appoint faculty admit class students initially successful mac criticized politicians newspaper editors felt waste funding state growing increasingly industrial farmers western massachusetts slow support college despite obstacles clark success organizing innovative academic institution earned international attention japanese officials achieve rapid modernization country wake especially intrigued clark work japanese government hired clark foreign advisor establish sac months clark successfully organized sac significant impact scientific economic development island lasting imprint japanese culture clark statues parting words japanese students boys ambitious nationally known motto japan resigning presidency mac clark left president mining company company operation purchased silver mines utah california clark partner proved corrupt company quickly folded destroying clark reputation finances fortunes friends family subsequent scandal ruined clark health died heart disease home education early career born massachusetts july son country physician family moved massachusetts clark educated entered earned membership prestigious beta academic honor society graduated class clark taught chemistry departed study chemistry germany known earned chemistry later year clark returned accepted applied chemistry held position served professor shortly appointment clark began promote agricultural education subject attracted attention time beginning headed new theoretical practical study agriculture program successful discontinued poor enrollment clear clark new type institution necessary agricultural education taught effectively member president later position organizations seek support agricultural college massachusetts family months returning home germany clark married richards daughter american missionaries brother sent hawaii taken industrialist died hawaii wife survived remained hawaii time husband death agreed adopt clark adoptive father law prove important sponsor career primary highly influential figure western massachusetts william children survived adulthood eldest child daughter emily married son prominent trader department store owner sons prominent zoologist civil war clark academic career interrupted civil war enthusiastic supporter union cause war clark took student military drill instruction successfully recruited number students august received commission major 21st regiment massachusetts volunteer infantry served 21st massachusetts nearly years eventually commanding regiment lieutenant colonel colonel months service 21st massachusetts assigned garrison duty maryland january regiment attached commanded embarked division operations north_carolina clark placed command regiment february led march action clark garnered reputation bravery regiment charged confederate battery enemy cannon urging regiment forward gun artillery piece captured union_army engagement presented general honor lieutenant son president adjutant 21st massachusetts killed battle cannon mounted inside 21st massachusetts transferred july regiment eventually army took largest battles war including second bull run regiment suffered worst casualties september confusion battle fought thick woods thunderstorm clark separated regiment virginia countryside days finding army missing incorrectly listed killed action newspaper printed obituary headline hero gone clark enthusiasm war waned considerably union_army suffered severe casualties repeated charges heavily fortified stone wall january letter friend clark wrote felt principles fight right honorable dissatisfied government army april numbers 21st massachusetts clark called cruel fate war regiment virtually ceased exist clark command nominal resigned commission returned massachusetts movement agricultural college massachusetts begun early 1830s long clark involved leaders movement included men prosperous boston merchant president judge french president efforts met little progress passage land grant act sponsored representative act allotted federal land west state proceeds sale land support establishment colleges related agriculture mechanic arts massachusetts voted advantage federal program established april proponents agricultural education including clark felt scientific advances bypassing farmers class clark lamented farmers massachusetts little access higher education consequently profession economically clark wrote good time coming strengthening influences high intellectual aesthetic culture considered desirable agricultural profession medicine law theology practical farmers remain ignorant higher branches learning mental discipline culture country public schools occupy proper position society farmer proper position society particular jeopardy new_england according leaders agricultural education movement increasing caused population mill towns grow mid-19th century expense rural towns left abandoned especially western massachusetts adding crisis phenomenon westward movement lure cheap land midwest agricultural education movement massachusetts reaction crisis highly tones clark criticized left new_england writing wise man exchange beautiful scenery new_england school churches social privileges prosperous communities semi condition newly sparsely settled districts clark warned decay rural massachusetts continued farming soon considered nature designed poor stupid ignorant unfortunate persons clark resigned commission army month mac voted existence returned quickly sought involvement new institution worked convince state authorities locate college rival sites consideration included springfield lexington property owned harvard_university elected clark secured bond town enabling contribute construction college buildings ultimately trustees choose mac went presidents years faculty students finished buildings clark president college immediately appointed faculty completed plan building construction clark decisive management enabled college admit class students addition president professor initially regarded great success college saw poor enrollment course 1870s clark particularly disappointed lack support farming community writing understands fully greatness work utter indifference regard college manifested farmers massachusetts truly end presidency mac clark falling increasing criticism press politicians boston mac mounting increasing debt declared failure infuriated called time serving politicians newspapers seeking float tide public opinion clark resigned clark commission appointed massachusetts governor john andrew consider establishing state military academy presidential representative fellow member scientific societies japan clark invited government japan establish following restoration new imperial government japan set path rapid modernization recruited european american academics military experts help process men referred japanese government hired foreigners seeking model agricultural college japanese minister united_states asked commissioner recommendation recommended mac visiting college minister later recommended clark japanese government ideal candidate establish sac clark signed contract japanese government march inconsistencies translation exist day official title according biographer japanese english versions contract differed point japanese version named clark head teacher assistant director japan clark referred assistant director vice president sac english version contract word president inserted text japanese minister united_states time regardless title clark enjoyed complete support japanese government organizing sac exerted principal authority college japan clark spent months enduring negative press massachusetts pleased enthusiastic cooperation received japanese government sac organized month clark wrote wife actually rebuilding mac earth establishing sac clark introduced american model farm barn japan college military unit country introduced new crops new techniques agriculture fishing animal direct superior working sac governor future prime minister japan men greatly respected shared bond past military experience positive relationship facilitated accomplishments accounted wide latitude clark given implementing sac programs influence colonial development represented japanese frontier time work island welcomed frequently implemented advice clark submitted recommendations governor diverse subjects converting migratory fisherman permanent colonists establishing industry fact clark taken apparent scope influence colonial affairs writing wife governor constantly follows advice later wrote think confidence responsibilities daily assuming clark significant impact colonial development powerful personal effect students sac rhetoric ambition personal elevation employed mac deeply japanese students japanese nation emerging rigid feudal system classroom lectures informal evening talks collect botanical specimens clark discussed morality urged students gentlemen japanese government prohibited teaching bible government schools clark managed considerable effort secure approval use bible ethics instruction clark introduced christian principles entering class college turn influenced students second class enrolled clark departure students sac converted christianity signing document drafted clark titled believers jesus later played important roles fields christianity education international relations japan continuing modernization early 20th century alumni founder non church movement japanese christian society educator diplomat known nationwide japan second entering class college stay clark examined local flora introduced new species plants trees japan united_states sent massachusetts large assortment seeds proved special value state account high latitude selected discovered new elevation feet named honor day clark departure april students faculty sac rode far village miles outside recalled students saying clark shouted boys ambitious differing versions clark parting words persist today including boys ambitious like old man boys ambitious christ painting clark departure rendered hangs building includes version parting words boys ambitious ambitious money selfish thing men fame ambitious man ought later career retirement mac clark interested scientific floating college proposed entrepreneur real estate developer innovative concept attracted national attention planning moved swiftly funds clark named president faculty enterprise underway sudden death caused abandonment scheme following setback clark decided depart teamed form mining company clark mining logical extension background chemistry geology exactly clark associated man questionable character fraud unknown academic clark ill prepared financial career coupled history result short life firm firm opened business march offices corner new_york_city company invested silver south present day nevada end company clark president involved seven silver mines predominantly utah california focused american west company far reaching interests spreading mexico nova scotia nova scotia named clark japanese word according translation meant right subsidiary summer company involved nova scotia gold rush period managing mines clark took active role president traveled thousands miles recommending improvements mills machinery overseeing improvements meeting initial success company worth soon amounted millions dollars good fortune extended town according biographer mining stocks clark friends family academic colleagues heavily invested company substantial investors new_york boston philadelphia cities sign trouble company came march shut lack profit increasing debt stock values mines immediately soon lawsuits investment money lost brought april damaging development came sued funds withheld soon apparent treasurer affairs company new_york office resulting firm collapse route san_francisco heard scandal national news resulting lawsuits played new_york new_england newspapers clark maintained taken reputation nonetheless destroyed stresses scandal ruined clark health years life clark largely confined home heart disease died march buried legacy forgotten home state massachusetts clark remains national figure japan influences agricultural economic development significant primarily cultural message today according historian clark phrase boys ambitious immortal japan describes slogan famous quoted country wrote japanese school textbooks carried brief accounts clark work slogan clark appears schools buildings shops countless tourist clark missionary activities produced founded students sac cells christianity japan eventually clark believers jesus raised funds build church demolished rebuilt location houses original brought united_states clark primary legacy ongoing cooperation colleges founded student faculty exchanges informal years according journalist early 1960s contracted university help strengthen agricultural curriculum program faculty went japanese faculty students received advanced training universities maintain exchange programs academic departments professor designated collaboration institutions oldest technical assistance relationship university foreign university recognition fact clark role establishing colleges sister universities february sister states public works art honor clark legacy bust placed campus commemorating 50th anniversary establishment sac original bust melted world war reconstructed mark 100th anniversary clark arrival statue clark observation hill built base statue clark famous words boys ambitious site popular tourist destination finally campus acre stone garden dedicated october located site clark house peak memorial designed landscape architect buildings named clark include originally constructed house built campus largest western style collegiate student center japan works des von papers contributed annual reports report horses professional education present want agriculture work wants agricultural college cultivation nature mode distributing plants relations agriculture circulation plants observations agriculture japan translated blow pipe manual use mac
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