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" Resolved, That we regard his contributions to historical science as 

 reflecting the highest honor on this city of his residence, and on the 

 country which fostered and appreciated his genius ; and that every rec- 

 ognition, of the merits of those works, and of their author, from abroad, 

 is to us a renewed token of the true sympathy and union which all 

 liberal culture and all liberal studies will establish between the nations 

 of the earth. 



" Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions, signed by the Presi- 

 dent and the Secretary of the Academy, be transmitted to the family 

 of our late associate, with the expression of our profoundest sympathy 

 in their severe bereavement, measured only by the exalted regard, the 

 personal respect, and the fraternal esteem which we cherished in life 

 for him whom we now mourn." 



The resolutions were seconded by Mr. Charles G. Loring, 

 as follows : — 



" Mr. President, — It might perhaps seem enough simply to second 

 the motion now proposed, and to leave the adoption of the resolutions 

 to the spontaneous emotions with which the heart of every lover of 

 science, literature, and art, and of the beautiful and noble in character 

 and life, is filled in contemplating the death of William H. Prescott. 



" But as one whose acquaintance with him began in the school-room, 

 and has continued for more than forty years in an association of the 

 most unreserved and familiar friendship, every member of which feels, 

 in his death, the sharp pang as of a domestic bereavement, I may ask 

 indulgence to pay a humble, simple tribute to his memory, though it 

 be only a pebble added to the monument which the world is raising 

 upon his grave. 



" Of the lustre of his genius and achievements, and of the glory he 

 has shed upon his name and country, no one need now speak ; for the" 

 Avhole civilized world is familiar with them, and brighter and happier 

 in the consciousness of them. And least of all should I attempt to 

 emulate the tributes paid to them by the many gifted tongues and pens 

 from which such tribute may gracefully proceed. 



" But of the claims — and may I not be permitted to say the higher 

 and holier claims ? — he had upon our affections while living, and should 

 have upon our fond recollections and reverential regard now that he has 

 left us, I feel privileged to speak, for the domain of the heart belongs 



