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tury, he might have met Erasmus without startling him as he startled 

 the stranger of our day who saw him for the first time in the streets of 

 Rome or in his studio on the Esquiline. 



He was so gentle and kindly that all felt drawn towards him, while 

 at the same time his reverend aspect inspired those who approached 

 him with veneration. The purity of his life was reflected in his per- 

 son, as in his art, and the atmosphere which surrounded him was so 

 far removed from the tumultuous rush of modern existence, that when 

 you left him, and plunged again into the world as it is, you carried 

 away a thousand longings for that world of which he seemed a part. 

 Overbeck was a priest of Art, to whom it was a holy thing, and never 

 a means of gaining money or men's applause. 



The thanks of the Academy were voted to the retiring 

 Secretary, Mr. Wright, for his long and faithful service. 



Six hundred and twenty second Meeting. 



June 1-1, 1870. — Adjourned Annual Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Letters in acknowledgment of their election as Fellows were 

 received from C. C. Perkins, Esq., Professor N. Holmes, and 

 Dr. George Derby. 



Dr. J. B. S. Jackson was appointed to the Auditing Commit- 

 tee in place of Dr. Ware, absent in Europe. 



Professor Lovering proposed that Chapter I., Section II., of 

 the Statutes of the Academy, be amended by the substitution 

 of the word " five" for " three," and also for the word " two," 

 so that the article shall read " and an annual assessment of five 

 dollars, with such additional sum, not exceeding five dollars, 

 as the Academy shall, by a standing vote, from time to time 

 determine." Referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. 

 Lovering, Clark, and Quincy. 



The President called attention to the fact, that, in the new 

 Dictionary of Latin and Byzantine Greek by Professor Sopho- 

 cles, no mention is made of the " Glossary," published by 

 the Academy as the seventh volume of its Memoirs, of which 



