564 JOITN ELBBIDGE HUDSON. 



upon it, these and the breadth and illuminating good sense of his own 

 reflect] >ns were equally instructive and delightful. Alexander and Plu- 

 tarch stood out before you in their true place in history, and in their true 

 relations t<> the men, the dates, and the events of their time. 



No one could Bee Hudson without guessing at the strength and force 

 of his character ; and no one who knew him well could fail to see that 

 under his gentle demeanor there lay qualities of energy and passion that 

 were not to lie trifled with when once thev were aroused. But he was 

 an affectionate and charming friend, and one thai women and little chil- 

 dren and those who were dependent upon him loved. 



Mr. Hudson married in 1*71 Miss Eunice Wells Healey, of Hamp- 

 ton Falls. New Hampshire, who survives him, to bear a most heavy 

 loss. He left no children. One sister also survives him, the wife of 

 inel J. I Iollis of Lynn. 



He went little into society and but little to the larger clubs.* He was 

 happiest at home, and there he gave himself up to the refined and simple 

 pleasures in which he always had his chief enjoyment. He had a large 

 library, of greal range and variety, to which be was forever adding. 

 Mosl of all he seemed to like, at the end of the da v. to sit down among 

 his books and explore his old friends the Creek and Roman classics, — 

 reading them, as he did, with entire ease in the original. When it came 

 to the matter of his real tastes and liking, as his associate Mr. Leverett 

 has happily said, " He was, above all, a scholar, fond of his home." 



James 15. Thayer. 



• Mr. Hnd8on was a member of many societies and clubs. In the Memoir for 

 the Historic Gei al Society, already quoted, Mr. Leverett says: "Mr. 



Hudson was at the time of liia death a vice-president of this Society. He was alao 

 a fellow of the American Academy of Arte and Science-, a member of the Corpo- 

 ration of the husetta Institute of Technology, a member of the American 

 Antiquarian Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 the British Association for the Advancement of Science. American Geographical 

 National Geographic Society, the Colonial Socii ty of Massachusetts, the 

 American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Virginia Historical Society, the 

 ciation for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the Bostonian Society, 

 Selden Society, Hakluyl Society, Lynn Historical Society, the Bat Association of 

 the i B Jton, and also of the Algonquin, Boston Art. Exchange, National 



St. Botolph, Union, University, and other social clubs." It may lie added 

 that he took much pleasure in one or two social clubs made up of college friends 

 m temporaries. 



