251:. Regarding their views as a fundamental error, he "attacked them with great boldness," and the result was a controversy through the public prints which was afterwards published in a volume called "The Letters of Paul and Amicus." He later engaged in an oral controversy with a similar group of people, in which he "showed great power" and secured respect of even his opponents. When very ill, the person who was most against Gilbert served as his physician. Other opponents inquired concerning Gilbert with great interest; one of them saying "he is such a generous opponent, I hope he will not die."
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On June 8, 1835, Gilbert resigned as president of the school. He strongly opposed lotteries and gambling, which had been used to fund the college, so he resigned rather than continue to serve as president, saying he could not remain at a college that "rested upon an immoral basis."
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