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hands his taper to another." But where shall we find him who is 

 worthy to accept Lea's taper? Of him, who shall venture to hold 

 it, it will crave wary walking to keep its flame as pure and bright, as 

 when it illumined the pages beneath Lea's own hand ; — those pages 

 which will endure, which cannot but endure. Is it exaggeration 

 to paraphrase Dr. Johnson and assert that, " time which is con- 

 tinually washing away the dissoluble fabric of other writers will pass 

 without injury the adamant" of the "History of the Inquisition"? 



And now, as a last word, when the image of the friend, admired 

 and respected by us all, and so dear to some of us, rises before 

 me, I would fain in this present circle, close-knit as we are by a 

 common emotion, breathe one low-toned word of sympathy with 

 those from whom as husband and father, it was to him so bitter a 

 pang to part. 



Before that sad group we can only stand at a distance with heads 

 bowed and in silence. 



" Fear no more the heat of the sun 

 Nor the furious winter's rages : 

 Thou thy worldly task hast done 

 Home art gone and ta'en thy wages." 



" The ground that gave him first has him again. 

 His pleasures here are past, so is his pain." 



The President : 



The speaker on behalf of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 

 was to have been Mr. Joseph G. Rosengartcn, of I'hiladelphia. but 

 serious illness in his family precludes him from being here. He has, 

 therefore, requested Professor Jastrow, of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, to read his remarks. 



Mr. Joseph G. Rosengarten : 



The world-wide reputation of Mr. Lea as a historian forms the 

 fitting complement to the afifectionate esteem with which his memory 

 is rightly cherished by his fellow citizens of Philadelphia. As a 

 reformer he initiated basic changes in our municipal methods. His 



