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cese, and over his contemporai-ies generally, which never fails to attend 

 the efforts of a disinterested and indefatigable worker, who is eager to 

 impart to others the convictions which have strongly affected his own 

 mind and conduct. 



Perhaps Dr. Whately overestimated the importance of mere reason- 

 ing, — of holding up truth in the clearest light and supporting it by the 

 most convincing arguments. He was always a logician, aiming much 

 more to convince than to persuade. Even rhetoric, according to his 

 acceptation of the term, was not much moi-e than a department of 

 applied logic, or a science of the discovery and right use of arguments. 

 Of mere oratory he was impatient, and had only a feeling of contempt 

 for fine and eloquent writing. He was a Christian Rationalist, in the 

 highest and best sense of that term, always aiming to furnish a reason 

 for the faith that was in him. He accomplished enough to leave behind 

 him the reputation of which he himself would have been most desirous ; 

 — that of an author whose writings have contributed largely to the 

 instruction and improvement of his countrymen ; and of a prelate whose 

 name will long be honored, not only in his own Church, but by all 

 Christian denominations, for the liberality of his opinions, and for his 

 successful advocacy of religious truth and exemplification of it in his 

 own life and character. 



A list of the members of the Academy, arranged under their several 

 sections, and corrected up to the present date, is appended to this 

 report. It appears that there are now one hundred and seventy Resi- 

 dent Fellows, seventy-eight Associate Fellows, and seventy-one For- 

 eign Honorary Members. 



In concltision, the Council submitted nominations to fill va- 

 cancies in the list of Foreign Honorary Members made by the 

 decease of MM. Plana, Ostrogradsky, and Rose. 



The Annual Report of the Treasurer, attested by the Audi- 

 tors, was read, accepted, and ordered to be entered on the 

 records. On motion of the Treasurer the following vote was 

 passed : — 



" Whereas certain banks in which the Academy owns stock have 

 become, or are about to become National Banks, our Treasurer is hereby 

 authorized to exchange said stock for equal amounts of stock in the 

 said National Banks respectively." 



