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which ill coming" to the nation at hirge has come to ns individually with 

 an added pathos of sorrow, because of the nearer view we have had for 

 so many years of the talents, virtues, and graces which found their fa- 

 miliar home in the person of our honored friend, we could with much 

 good reason crave for ourselves, in this hour of bereavement, the humble 

 permission of mourning ai)art, that we might silently gauge thedepth and 

 the dimensions of a calamity which brings to us its message of personal 

 grief and which 1ms also torn away from our highest seat of justice its 

 venerated and beloved chief; from the legal profession of the country 

 its foremost otlicial representative and therefore its crowning exponent; 

 from the walks of social life in this National Cajiitiil a commanding 

 presence, no less remarkable for his genial and open-heaited sincerity 

 than for his alfable and gracious benignity ; and from the Christian 

 communion a true and faithful disciple who witnessed a good confession 

 as much by the sim[)licity and humility with which he walked before 

 God as by the unswerving consistency with which he wore the ornament 

 of a pure heart and of a meek and quiet spirit before the scrutiny of his 

 fellow men. 



Resolved. That while an obvious sense of propriety must dictate that 

 we should leave to others in that great forum which was the chosen 

 arena of his life's career, the sad privilege of depicting, with minute and 

 detailed analysis, the remarkable combination of strong and lovely 

 traits which met in the person of the late Chief- Justice and gave to the 

 symmetrical character of our beloved friend its blended sweetness am' 

 light, we can not omit, even in this hour of our special sorrow, to beai 

 cheerful testimony to the pleasing amenity with which he presided over 

 the deliberations of this council chamber as the Chancellor of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, and sharing as we all do in a jirofound admiration 

 for the intelligence he brought to our discussions, while ever moder- 

 ating them by the guidance of his clear thought and mild wisdom, we can 

 but render our reverent homage to the engaging personal qualities which 

 endeared him to us as a man; while at the same time giatelully con- 

 fessing our obligations to him for the provident care and deep interest 

 which he always brought to the discharge of his official duties in this 

 place, where through all the years of his honorable and useful service 

 at the head of this Board, the Secretary of the Institution, in common 

 with ourselves, has leaned on him as the wise and true counsellor who 

 could be trusted as well for the rectitude of his moral intuitions as for 

 the clear perceptions of his calm and judicious intellect. 



Resolved^ That we will attend the funeral of our departed Chancellor 

 in a body, and that the Secretary of the Institution, together with a 

 deputation from the members of the Board, be requested to accompany 

 the other friends and associates of the late Chief- Justice, who will bear 

 his remains to their last resting-place in Ohio. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the minutes of the 

 Board, and that the Secretary be requested to send a copy of them to 

 the fiiinily of our departed friend, in token of our sincere condolence 

 with them in their great affliction. 



It only remains for your Secretary to add that, in accordance with 

 your request, he proceeded to Toledo, where he was joined by one of 

 your body. Dr. J. B. Angell, and in his company paid the final tribute 

 of respect, by representing your honorable body at the obsequies of 

 this eminent and good man. 



