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highest development of his country, and consequently became him- 

 self the subject of much criticism. But the finest spirits of his genera- 

 tion, Lowell, Curtis, Godkin in America, and a kindred group in 

 England, held his friendship as dear as he held theirs, and both upon 

 his gifts and upon his use of them placed a high and distinctive value, 

 now generally accepted. To .the literature of Dante, of architectural 

 history, of biography and criticism, he contributed an important series 

 of works, all related closely to his own contacts with life. In his rela- 

 tions with friends of all ages he held a place which has become a 

 treasured memory. 



He was elected a Fellow of the Academy, November 14, 1860. His 

 single contribution to its Proceedings was a paper on "The Dimen- 

 sions and Proportions of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia," embodying 

 many measurements based on those of French and German archaeo- 

 logical expeditions. This was presented, October 10, 1877, and 

 printed in volume 13. 



M. A. DeWolfe Howe. 



