346 CHARLES ELLIOT WARE. 



Dr. Hopkins had a massive and rugged strength of body correspond- 

 ing to his type of intellect. After he had passed his eightieth year he 

 travelled extensively in Europe, and performed some of the most toil- 

 some of the journeys in the mountainous regions of Switzerland. He 

 attended the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Harvard College, 

 and endured the fatigues of that season without a symptom of weariness. 

 He continued his full class-work without intermission or faltering till 

 the very day of his death. 



In private life, in his home, and in society, Dr. Hopkins won no less 

 affection than respect, for gentleness, kindness, hospitality, and the 

 entire range of the peculiarly Christian virtues. No man can have been 

 more, or more worthily, beloved, or would have been more lamented, 

 had not his friends rejoiced that so noble an earthly life should pass 

 on to heaven before the else inevitable infirmities of age had begun to 

 enfeeble his body or to obscure his mind. 



CHARLES ELIOT WARE. 



The family of Dr. "Ware has long been distinguished in this commu- 

 nity. His father, Henry Ware (H. U. 1785), was for forty years Hollis 

 Professor of Divinity, and his brother Henry Ware, Jr. was Professor 

 of Pulpit Eloquence and Pastoral Care for thirteen years, in Harvard 

 University. John Ware, another brother, for twenty-six years Hersey 

 Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic in the same University, 

 was one of the most eminent physicians of Boston. 



Dr. Ware was born on May 7, 1814, graduated at Harvard College 

 in 1834, and three years later received the degree of Doctor of Medicine. 

 He was well fitted for his calling by the clearness of his perceptions, by 

 the soundness of his judgment, and by his industrious habits. He was 

 well read in medical literature, and, while not departing from a wise 

 conservatism, his mind was open to receive the new truths which are 

 constantly presented by the rapid advance of medical science. He soon 

 rose to the front rank of the profession, and acquired a large practice, 

 which he retained for many years, until compelled by failing health to 

 retire from active labor. He was for ten years one of the visiting 

 physicians to the Massachusetts General Hospital, and on his resig- 

 nation, in 1867, was appointed on the Consulting Staff. He was an 

 influential member of the Board of Trustees, and Vice-President, of 

 the Boston Lying-in Hospital. He took an active part in the various 

 organizations for medical progress in Boston, and for six years was Sec- 

 retary of the Massachusetts Medical Society. In conjunction with the 



