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rivals, and often opposed to him in the strife of the 

 bar. In the last year of his life he said in a letter to 

 a life-long friend " my wishes for your happiness are 

 as constant as the return of my days," The tender- 

 ness of his love for children was remarkable, and it 

 was often demonstrated. His affections never ceased 

 to flow in warm currents towards the descendants of 

 the friends of his youth, and he found some of his 

 choicest pleasures in contributing to their happiness. 

 His letters abound in outgushing sympathy with the 

 joys and sorrows of the young, as well as with those of 

 his older friends. 



Of the light he was in his own dwelling, of the 

 wealth of affection he exhibited there, and of his de- 

 votion to the happiness and to the mental and 

 moral culture of his children, I will not speak. 



He was an admirable conversationalist and corres- 

 pondent. His mind and his memory were so full of 

 the richest thoughts that they overflowed into his con- 

 versation and into his letters of friendship, and his 

 power of expression was so ready and so chaste, his 

 pleasantry was so genial, and his moral sentiments were 

 so pure, that those who enjoyed correspondence with 

 him will ever preserve his letters among their trea- 

 sures. 



It would be interesting to speak of the stores of ob- 

 servation gathered into his memory during his long 

 life, and ready for his recall. He lived more than 

 ninety-five years and a half, longer than any celebrated 



