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marvellous in contemplation of the absorbing duties of his office ; his 

 rich fund of racy anecdote and illustrative historic remembrances ; a 

 keen relish of wit and humor, and the faculty to contribute his share of 

 them ; and a cordial enjoyment of social intercourse in all its refined 

 and elevated forms, ever rendered him a gladly welcomed and honored 

 guest, though ever in seeming unconsciousness " wearing the kingly 

 crown " of acknowledged intellectual and moral power. 



Into the sanctities of his domestic life, and the sorrows of those most 

 dear to him and to whom he was most dear, it is not for us to intrude, 

 further than in expression of our sympathy in the grief attending the 

 final departure of the venerated and beloved from the home which he 

 had so long blessed and adorned, and where he so faithfully illustrated 

 the highest virtues of the husband, father, and friend. 



In the Christian faith and hope, by the light and guidance of which ' 

 he had lived, he serenely reached the close of his long, laborious, suc- 

 cessful, and honored life, dying in the confidence that, though " the dust 

 shall return to the earth as it was, the spirit shall return to God who 

 gave it." 



In turning from the contemplation of the life and character of Chief 

 Justice Shaw, to those of the other venerated and distinguished mem- 

 ber of the Academy, whose place was on the same day and nearly at 

 the same hour made vacant, I feel still more impressively a painful 

 inability to approach any just presentation of them ; and lament that 

 a duty so grateful as this must have been to one of his intimate asso- 

 ciates, has not devolved upon some one thus privileged, and more 

 familiar with the studies and learning which were the joy and crowning. 

 glory of his life. 



The late Judge Daniel Appleton "White, although not so prominently 

 known to public fame as his cherished friend of whom we have just 

 spoken, nor occupying a like elevated official position, held a high rank 

 in the department of letters, and. exercised a wide-spread and benefi- 

 cent public influence. He probably had few superiors in this country 

 as a scholar in English literature, to which his life was mainly devoted ; 

 and certainly he had none in the virtues and graces of a Christian gen- 

 tleman, neighbor, friend, and patriot. 



Having been graduated with the highest honors of the University, 

 and officiated for four years as its Tutor in Latin, he entered upon the 

 study and practice of the law ; and soon made such progress as raised 

 high expectations of future eminence, and led to his election as a Rep- 



