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itself. lie could not have become one of Berkeley's minute philoso- 

 phers. He was no specialist, though he was never superficial. If he 

 was not himself an original discoverer, he understood and admired the 

 discoveries of others, and led others to do likewise. At one time he 

 taught Butler's Analogy at the university, and with as fresh an euthu- 

 siasm as if that alone had been the chosen work of liis life. And 

 wherever there was a gap in the means of instruction, he was the per- 

 son thounht to be fitted to fill it. His whole nature revolted at the 

 suggestion of becoming a bookworm or a secluded student. He was 

 emphatically a man of the world, though not of it. He was inter- 

 ested in trade, manufactures, and finance. He was a good citizen, 

 and took an active part in promoting the industrial, intellectual, 

 and moi'al welfare of his city, his State, and the whole country. His 

 sympatliies were deep and generous. Always welcomed in the cir- 

 cles of the refined and educated, he will be no less missed in the 

 homes of the poor and the unfortunate. His heart and mind and 

 strength were liberally expended in the administration of the public 

 charities of the city and State. 



Dr. Caswell was an earnest spe^aker, ami a clear, warm, and vigorous 

 writer. To his public^itions, ah'eady mentioned, may be added : 

 I. <h B K oration in 1835. II. Review of Whewell's Bridgewater 

 Treatise; "Christian Review," 1836. HI. Article on P^mulatiou ; 

 "North American Review," 1836. IV. Address at the funeral of 

 Rev. J. N. Granger, 1857. V. Memoir of John Barstow. VI. Ser- 

 mon on the Life and Christian work of Dr. Francis Wayland. 



Truly was it said of Dr. Caswell, at his funeral, that nature did 

 much for him, but that grace had done even more. Firm and earnest 

 in his own religious convictions, inflexible in his own peculiar theology, 

 he had no taint of illiberality in his intellect or his heart ; ever abound- 

 ing in that Christian charity which thinketh no evil of any who con- 

 scientiously worshipped the same God from a different altar. He had 

 mingled in the affaii-s of practical life more than usually happens to an 

 academic career, but the purity, the integrity, ami the simplicity of his 

 character were superior to its surroundings ; and, to the end, he 

 seemed as much in place in the pulpit as if he had never left the pro- 

 fession of his early choice. There was no austerity in his goodness ; 

 hence it attracted those who could not have been driven. Sweet iu 

 temper, cheerful in disposition, gentle, affectionate, affable, hospitable, 

 he was happy in his life, and even more happy in his death. After his 

 long day, in wliicli he had not labored in vain, his sun went suddenly 

 down iu a cloudless sky. And behold the end of such a man : it is all 



