Dr. Hurd's Address 9 



his tenderness to all who belonged to his household was a 

 marked characteristic. He was fond of his neighbors and 

 friends, devoted to his pupils, and helpful to his students. 

 Even his servants were members of his family, and no one 

 mourned over his death more sincerely than his faithful 

 man-servant. 



It was evident w r hen death came that the machinery of 

 his organization was completely worn out. It is rare that 

 one with such a congenital heart defect grows to man- 

 hood. It is, indeed, wonderful that he should have com- 

 pleted more than sixty years of fruitful activity. This 

 must have been due to his knowledge of his limitations 

 and his intuitions as to the best method of utilizing his 

 energies. His last year of life was one of intense suffer- 

 ing and weariness, notwithstanding the ceaseless devotion 

 of his family to his comfort. It is a relief to think of him 

 at last at rest. 



His theory of life was simple and evolved from true 

 wisdom. He did those things which he was fitted to do 

 and which he enjoyed doing, and his mind was full of con- 

 tent, because he did not attempt more. Many of us are 

 bound to the iron wheel of necessity, duty, or responsi- 

 bility, and revolve helplessly w r ith it and not according to 

 our own volition. We spend our lives in routine servitude, 

 always anticipating and never securing the freedom to 

 live our own lives and think our own thoughts which we 

 desire. Our departed friend was peculiarly happy in that 

 he lived his true life and developed in accordance with his 

 special gifts. He has left an example for our imitation 

 and the record of a life devoted to science. "To learn what 

 is true in order to do what is right," was its guiding 

 motto. 



