strong.] ^" [Jan. 5. 



final event, by availing himself of all the means which 

 God had graciously vouchsafed to him." " Progress 

 in this sense," he added, " is private, public, temporal, 

 eternal ;" " spreads undivided, operates unspent," 

 "comprehends the performance of all duties in such 

 measure as is consistent with all, and ends in that per- 

 fect stature which all should endeavor to obtain, though 

 so few attain to it." 



The activity of his mind remained undiminished un- 

 til his death. He was constantly occupied, though not 

 always, in the indulgence of his fondness for reading and 

 study. Occasionally he made a rich contribution to the 

 enjoyment and instruction of the public. In 1849, ^^ 

 a meeting of the members of the bar, convened 

 after the death of Mr. Chauncey, and at a similar meet- 

 ing in 1852, soon after the decease of Mr. Sergeant, 

 he gave utterance to his estimate of those distinguished 

 men, with remarkable analyzation of their mental and 

 moral characteristics, and in words all aglow with the 

 warmest friendship. The meeting in reference to Mr. 

 Sergeant's death was the last occasion of his dis- 

 tinctive association with his professional brethren. 

 He never again appeared at a bar* assemblage. 

 Once only afterwards, (so far as I have learned,) 

 did he allow himself to be prominent on an entirely 

 public occasion. It was on the 2 2d day of February, 

 i860, when in response to an invitation of the City 

 Councils, he read before those bodies assembled in 

 joint meeting, Washington's Farewell Address. In 



