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now leaves the presidential chair with nothing to regret, and with the esteem and friend- 

 ship of every member. Day by day, and year after year, he has brought here a large 

 heart, full of geniality and goodness, and has been in himself a source of happiness to 

 those who have known him as President. It would be a pleasure to reciprocate, in some 

 small measure at least, his long-continued kindness, and this could be best done by each 

 member's trying to make the Society so pleasant for Mr. Bouve, that, as a source of his 

 future happiness, it should be second only to his home and his family. In conclusion, Mr. 

 Niles said he did not doubt that each member present would like to express in some spe- 

 cial way his personal respect and honor for him who was the dear friend of all and one of 

 the best benefactors the Society ever had ; and he hoped they might do so by rising as 

 they voted for the adoption of the resolution proposed by Mr. Cummings. 



The Chair accordingly called for a standing vote and the resolution was unanimously 

 adopted. 



