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to a perception of the more abstruse meaning of Art ; then he became 

 entirely fascinated with Grecian sculpture and architecture, and we 

 find him discoursing on the union between Greek Art, Song, and 

 Philosophy. 



He took an active part in the government of the College under four 

 administrations, and was for several years, as Regent, the chief ex- 

 ecutive assistant of the President. But his interest was not entirely 

 absorbed by his academic duties. He had time to give, and zealous 

 services also, to the cause of education and science elsewhere. He 

 was an active member of the Massachusetts Board of Education, and 

 one of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. In these offices 

 of honorable confidence his influence was widely felt. 



He was a ready and an eloquent writer, always prepared to uphold 

 the cause of truth. In the latter years of nis life he established a 

 leputation also for his interesting popular addresses on many passing 

 occasions which could have allowed but little preparation. But his 

 tongue and pen were never more eloquent than when employed in the 

 interests of Greek learning, and in describing the reawaking of Hellas. 

 He twice visited Athens. Becoming deeply impressed by the institu- 

 tions of that city and the learning of its scholars, he was full of hope 

 for the future of Greece, and through her of Eastern Europe. He 

 enjoyed the opportunity thus allowed of knowing her men of letters 

 and her statesmen ; and, bearing with him their lasting friendship, he 

 returned with the desire of proving to others his own convictions of 

 the importance of modern Greek civilization and literature. 



Mr. Felton's published writings have been already enumerated in 

 print. They consist chiefly of editions of the Greek Classics, of Ho- 

 mer, the Agamemnon of ^schylus, the Panegyricus of Isocrates, the • 

 Clouds and the Birds of Aristophanes, and compilations for the use of 

 advanced classical students. He also published an edition of Smith's 

 History of Greece, adding a continuation from the Roman Conquest 

 down to the year 1844. His contributions to Reviews on a variety of 

 subjects are numerous and able. Besides the lectures pertaining to 

 his professoi'ship, he also delivered four courses upon Greek Literature 

 before the Lowell Institute in Boston, and others at the Smithsonian 

 Institution at Washington. Nor does this enumeration fully represent 

 the sum of his literary labors. The trait of his childhood remained a 

 peculiarity of his mature life. Every one who needed literary aid 

 applied to him, and was sure to receive a willing response. The 

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