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every citizen is to his country. In 

 public life you have been independent 

 and outspoken ; in private life you have 

 stood for simplicity. In the great and 

 bewildering conflict of economic and so- 

 cial questions you have with clear head 

 and firm voice spoken for the funda- 

 mental principles of democracy and the 

 liberties of the people. 



More precious to the sons of Har- 

 vard than your service as educator or 

 citizen is your character. Your out- 

 ward reserve has concealed a heart 

 more tender than you have trusted 

 yourself to reveal. Defeat of your 

 cherished plans has disclosed your 

 patience and magnanimity and your 

 willingness to bide your time. 



Fearless, just, and wise, of deep and 

 simple faith, serene in affliction, self- 

 restrained in success, unsuspected by 

 any man of self interest, you command 

 the admiration of all men and the grati- 

 tude and loyalty of the sons of Har- 

 vard. 



THE WILL OF HERBERT SPENCER. 



Mr. Spencer's will is a document so 

 interesting and characteristic that we 

 quote some of the details, as published 

 in the London Times. The first clause 

 gives very exact directions as to the 

 burial, and the executors are not to 

 receive their fees unless these are ob- 

 served. The clause reads : " I direct 

 that if I shall die in any part of Great 

 Britain, my body shall be placed in a 

 coffin with a loose lid easily opened 

 from below, and that it shall be sub- 

 sequently burned in a proper crema- 

 tory, and the ashes taken to the space 

 numbered 33,292 purchased by me in 

 the unconsecrated part of the Highgate 

 Cemetery, and deposited in a fit cavity 

 made in the concrete foundation under- 

 lying the stone slab now placed there; 

 and my express direction is that my 

 cremation and the subsequent deposi- 

 tion of my ashes shall be conducted 

 without any species of religious cere- 

 mony such as is used either by the 

 Church of England or any other sect, 

 though I do not object to an address 



delivered by a friend; but otherwise 

 the ceremony is to be silent, and I 

 direct that no monument shall be 

 placed over my ashes until at least 

 two months after my funeral." 



Among the books and manuscripts 

 bequeathed to the trustees and execu- 

 tors are the ' Autobiography ' with di- 

 rections to secure its simultaneous pub- 

 lication in England and America after 

 the corrections have been made that 

 are marked in the press copy. The 

 ' Autobiography ' will be published in 

 America by Messrs. D. Appleton and 

 Co. at about the same time as this 

 issue of the Monthly. Mr. David 

 Duncan is requested to ' write a biog- 

 raphy in one volume, of moderate size, 

 in which shall be incorporated such 

 biographical materials as I have 

 thought it best not to use myself to- 

 gether with such selected correspond- 

 ence and such unpublished papers as 

 may seem of value, and shall include 

 the frontispiece portrait and the pro- 

 file portraits, and shall add to it a 

 brief account of the part of my life 

 which has passed since the date at 

 which the autobiography concludes.' 

 The trustees are to give their approval 

 of the biography before it is published, 

 and to arrange with the biographer 

 ' for payment either of a fixed sum to 

 be paid out of my estate or by receipt 

 of the net proceeds of sales in England 

 and the United States; but if the net 

 receipts exceed £600, then the surplus 

 to be equally divided between the biog- 

 rapher and my trustees, who will re- 

 tain the copyright.' 



The will makes numerous personal 

 bequests, such as to Dr. Henry C. 

 Bastian — telescope, case of drawing in- 

 struments, etc., reading easel, ' and the 

 invalid bed of my invention with its 

 appliances for private or public use'; 

 to Mrs. Leonard Courtney — a victoria 

 with india-rubber tires; to Mrs. Sidney 

 Webb — ' the piano given to me by my 

 American friend, Mr. Andrew Car- 

 negie,' with music-stool, music-shelves, 

 and contained music. 



The income from invested property 



