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of both the American Historical Association and the American Economic Association. He 

 died November 11, 1901, stricken down suddenly in the plenitude of his physical and intellec- 

 tual powers. His career, brilliant though it was, had scarcely more than begun. Those who 

 were privileged to know him ultimately are aware of the fact that he had formed important 

 plans for future work and usefulness, and there is no doubt that had he been spared to round 

 out the usual term of life, he would have deserved still better of science and would have shed 

 still more luster on the university to which he was so loyal and whose welfare he had so deeply 

 at heart. 



