720 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. 



enjoyment of accomplished results. He wasone of the ceaseless work- 

 ers, born 



" To sooru delights, aud live laborious days," 



until 



"Comes tlie blind Fury with th' abhorred shears 

 And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise ! " 



It is for us now, repressing sorrow, to join in tributes of praise to our 

 benefactor. 



