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His enjoyment of the Club was in accordance with such a record 

 of unrivalled faithfulness. He was alive to every phase of intel- 

 lectual progress, and he found the surprises and novelties offered 

 to the club in such direction, often in advance of more public 

 enunciation, stimulating and enjoyable. He took much gratifica- 

 tion in the prompt response which was found among the members 

 of this Club, as well as among the officers and friends of the 

 University, when a testimonial was prepared for him on his re- 

 tirement from the active duties of his professorship. This move- 

 ment resulted in a dinner given to him in Boston, which was 

 presided over by the President of the University. Mr. Lovering 

 made a response to the principal toast, in which, with his peculiar 

 humor, he reverted to the events of his long career as a teacher. 

 Dr. Holmes referred to the extent of this career as only compar- 

 able in the history of the College to that of Tutor Flynt, and 

 suggested that a duplicate of that old preceptor's silver teapot, 

 which had come down to him by family lines, should make part of 

 the testimonial to Mr. Lovering. This reproduction was carefully 

 made, and Mr. Lovering a little later placed it among his house- 

 hold treasures with evident satisfaction. He was also asked to 

 sit for his portrait, and no sitter could ever have been more faith- 

 ful to the demands of the artist than he was, — prompt in his 

 place and never tiring. The picture which represents him in his 

 gown as a Professor, sitting full face, was placed in the parlor of 

 his house, ultimately to be transferred to the walls of Memorial 

 Hall. 



Yours, sincerely, 



Justin Winsor. 



From Professor F. W. Putnam, of the Peabody Museum of American 

 Archaeology and Ethnology. 



My dear Dr. Peabody, — On the day assigned for the memorial 

 meeting of the Academy in honor of its late President, Professor 

 Joseph Lovering, I was unexpectedly called out of town, and was thus 

 prevented from uniting with the other members in offering tributes 

 to his memory. Will you therefore permit me to express my appre- 

 ciation of one whom for over thirty years it has been my privilege 

 to count as a friend. ' 



At the time of my entering the Scientific School, in 1856, Pro- 

 fessor Lovering was in the prime of life, and it was my pood fortune 

 to attend his lectures. For eight years following, I often had the 



