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he lamented his inability to make an energetic appeal to his friends 

 for such a purpose. He thought, if he could go only once more into 

 the streets, he might effect something towards this end worthy of the 

 country. The last time he spoke to me upon the subject, was to hint 

 at the possibility and the means of carrying out this great plan. The 

 emotion with which he spoke is still fresh in my memory, and will 

 accompany me through life, as an evidence of the fervor with which 

 a truly noble mind may be occupied with the highest interests of his 

 fellow-men, in a moment when he feels himself already at the thresh- 

 old of another world. 



" I beg to offer the following resolution : — 



" Resolved, That the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 

 have sustained, in the death of their late Associate, the Hon. Francis 

 C. Gray, a loss not easily to be supplied. He was a man of vigorous 

 mind, of large and liberal culture, of generous devotion to all good 

 and noble objects, and a true friend." 



The Hon. Josiah Gluincy expressed his hearty concurrence 

 with the sentiments expressed by Professor Agassiz, and re- 

 ferred to his own long acquaintance with Mr. Gray, in public 

 and private, in terms most eulogistic and friendly. In con- 

 clusion, he moved that the resolution offered by Professor 

 Agassiz be adopted, and that a copy of it, with the prefatory 

 remarks, be printed in the public newspapers. The motion was 

 seconded by Professor Tread well, and adopted .unanimously. 



Mr. Sherwin read a paper on a new theory of parallel lines. 



Mr. Folsom laid upon the table two manuscript pamphlets, 

 containing interesting memoranda of early meetings of the 

 Academy, &c., which he had found among rubbish in the 

 Athenasum. He regarded them as objects of much value, 

 and, in conclusion, moved that they, with such other loose 

 papers of the Academy as may be worth preserving, be suita- 

 bly bound, and placed in the Library of the Academy, and 

 that a committee of four be appointed to attend to the matter. 

 It was voted accordingly, that Messrs. Folsom, Bowen, Pel ton, 

 and the Librarian be a committee for this purpose. 



Professor Horsford read the following paper, " On the Oleic 

 Acid Series of Fatty Acids," by George C. Caldwell, B. S., 

 Ph. D. 



