Whatever his motive might have been, Laurie studied to some purpose that year, for he graduated with honor, and gave the Latin oration with the grace of a Phillips and the eloquence of a Demosthenes, so his friends said.

不论劳里的动机何在，他那一年的确是为了某种目的在努力学习，于是他以优等成绩毕了业，他的朋友们形容他在用拉丁语演说时，菲利普斯的优雅气度和狄摩西尼的雄辩在他身上兼而有之。