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son to perfect confidence in him, and in return gave 

 the benefit of his counsel with a loving interest. 

 The correspondence was never permitted to flag, 

 though Mr. Binney was then at the height of his 

 professional practice, bearing a heavy pressure of 

 business both in and out of court, and superintend- 

 ing a large class of law students, whose examinations 

 he always conducted with regularity and strictness. 

 It was guided by his advice, and in the light of his 

 example and character that the son grew into full 

 manhood, and in the later years of his life the rela- 

 tions between him and his father became more than 

 filial and paternal. They were almost fraternal. The 

 father leaned upon the son, reposed full confidence 

 in him, regarded him as his strongest earthly prop, and 

 looked to him as the one to fill his place after his own 

 last summons should come. How great the sorrow which 

 the son's unlooked for removal, in the fullness of his 

 usefulness, and of the high estimation in which he was 

 held by the community, must have brought to the 

 father's heart cannot be told. Mr. Binney was then 

 more than ninety years old. The shock of such a be- 

 reavement might well have been fatal. But the blow 

 did not crush him. He felt it most keenly, but with 

 submission to the will of Divine Providence, he reso- 

 lutely addressed himself to the new and unexpected 

 duties cast upon him. These having been performed, 

 with his attention more and more turned toward the final 

 event that awaited him, and with a cheerfulness of dis- 



