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He had lived so simply, and cared for himself so systemati- 

 cally, that there was no real disease. The machinery of life 

 quietly stopped when the full measure of work was done, and 

 the world was left the poorer because a great, good man had 

 gone. 



Admirable as he was in his public relations, he was no less ad- 

 mirable in his family life. He carried to his home all the charm 

 of a gentle, affectionate, thoughtful man. 



The children of Mr. Price were: 



I. Rebecca E., married to Hanson L. Withers. 



II. John Sergeant. 



III. Sibyl E., married to Starr H. Nicholls. 



Of these, the son, an eminent lawyer of this city, alone sur- 

 vived him. 



Whatever we may think of ourselves, the fact is, the example 

 of such a man as the subject of this sketch may be studied witli 

 advantage by all. There was not in his early life anything 

 which plaoed him in a conspicuous light before the world. He 

 entered upon his career with simply honest ancestry and per- 

 sonal rectitude and good health to favor him. Yet without self- 

 seeking, without fawning to powerful patronage, without sacri- 

 fice of self-respect, without ceasing to condemn wrong, he became 

 one of the most conspicuous men in this city, which claims a 

 population of a million inhabitants. Why was it? 



I. Because his fidelity to trust was absolutely unassailable. 

 No man ever lived in whom this was stronger. A trust was as 

 sacred to him and as binding upon him as though the exact case 

 had been specified in the volume of revelation. 



II. Because, when called upon to express an opinion, he did 

 so from his honest conviction, without the slightest regard to 

 what friend or foe might think of it; and his actions were 

 always as positive as his opinions. But with all this, he was 

 singularly tolerant of the honest opinions of others. 



III. Because he was usually in advance of his times, and often 



