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symbol of its union which shall show that it is not divided at heart. 

 The real symbol of its union is the willingness of its members to 

 unite heartily in work for the upbuilding of the world, or for bring- 

 ing in the kingdom of God. Quite indifferent to verbal statements 

 with regard to unity, quite indifferent to forms of organization, 

 Dr. Peabody, in the catholic and generous vigor by which he joined 

 in every enterprise which seemed to him an enterprise of real philan- 

 thropy, was an evidence to all Christians of every communion that 

 what is called the unity of Christianity is in no danger. No man in 

 the circle of the Christian churches of New England, of whatever 

 name or of whatever ritual, was so loved and honored by the men 

 of all names and all rituals as was he. 



1893. Edward Everett Hale. 



GEORGE CHEYNE SHATTUCK. 



George Cheyne Shattuck was born in Boston, July 22, 1813. 

 His parents were George C. and Eliza Cbeever (Davis) Shattuck, 

 both of New England parentage for many generations. The 

 better part of his early education was at Bound Hill, Northamp- 

 ton, under the influence of Joseph G. Cogswell, whom he always 

 held in veneration. He was of the Class of 1831 in Harvard 

 College, and afterwards studied in the Law School for one year, 

 and in the Medical School for three years, taking his degree in 

 1835. His studies for his profession were continued in New 

 England, London, and Paris, where he had the great advantage 

 of Baron Louis as a teacher. Beturning to Boston, he began 

 practice with his father, then one of the eminent physicians of 

 that city. He married Miss Anne H. Brune, sister of his class- 

 mate, Erederic W. Brune, of Baltimore, and from that time to 

 his death resided in Boston, with occasional tours abroad. He 

 became a visiting physician of the Massachusetts General Hos- 

 pital in 1849, and served in that office for thirty-six years. He 

 was a Professor in the Harvard Medical School from 1857 to 

 1874, and the Dean of the School for five years. He was Presi- 

 dent of the Massachusetts Medical Society from 1872 to 1874. 

 These were his professional honors. Deeply attached to the 

 Protestant Episcopal Church, he gave himself largely to its ser- 

 vice in many diocesan boards and societies, and in the General 

 Conventions and the Theological Seminary of that communion. 

 His most conspicuous and lasting act in this relation was the 



