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and beauty in all their forms, united with strong affections, and a 

 resolute but gentle fii'mness of purpose, adding alike to his personal 

 dignity and his efficiency for the good of others. The close of his life 

 was in beautiful accordance with his character and its crowning illus- 

 tration. Conscious of the near approach of the angel to lead him 

 through the dax-k valley, he lost none of his usual serene composure 

 and affectionate tenderness to those around him ; none of the calm 

 and childlike trust in God and Chi'ist which had guided his daily 

 walks-; none of the delight he was accustomed to take in the poetry 

 with which his memory was stored ; none even of the genial pleas- 

 antry that ever cast its gentle rays upon his social and domestic life. 

 Just before his own departure, that of his friend the Chief Justice 

 was announced to him. " It is in good time," he replied, and soon 

 afterwards a simple, calm prayer, an utterance of unfaltering trust, the 

 repetition of a part of a favorite hymn, and his spirit had taken its 

 flight. 



For the purpose, Mr. President, of placing upon our records a humble 

 memorial of our appreciation of their worth and our loss, I submit for 

 the consideration of the Academy the following resolutions : — 



Resolved, That in the death of the late Chief Justice Shaw the 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences mourns the departure of one of its most 

 honored and venerated associates, of a great magistrate and good man, 

 whose labors adorned and elevated the jurisprudence of his country, 

 and whose life, devoted to the service of his fellow-men in their highest 

 interests, should ever be held in grateful remembrance. 



Resolved, That in the decease of Judge White the Academy recog- 

 nizes the departure, in a ripe old age, of one of its most venerated mem- 

 bers and brightest ornaments, whose eminent Christian virtues and 

 graces adorned society, and whose distinguished scholarship and earnest 

 labors in the causes of learning and charity entitle him to be ranked 

 among the benefactors of the Commonwealth. 



Resolved, That we sympathize with the families of our departed 

 associates in the grief which the death of the revered and loved 

 must ever excite, and sympathize with them also in the grateful 

 reflection that, although we may see those whom we thus venerated 

 and loved no more on earth, the influence of their labors and char- 

 acters can never die. 



And that the Secretary be requested to communicate to them copies 

 of these resolutions. 



