250 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



tolerance, or in gathering up the hymns of the Church, we meet a man 

 who clung to his belief in progress, and knew no synonyme for selfish- 

 ness but sin. 



A more noble and dignified retirement than that of his last years it 

 would be difficult for a public servant to find. For a while out of favor 

 at court, he withdrew to a beautiful home on the banks of the Neckar, 

 where he lived in his family and surrounded by his books and other 

 friends. Any one who has passed a day under that hospitable roof 

 will not soon forget the kindly greeting of the benevolent and vener- 

 able man. Honors returned to him in due time, and he removed to 

 the seat of that University which had heard the last teachings of his 

 early friend and patron, Niebuhr. He lived long enough to witness 

 the breaking away over Italy of that cloud which had nearly filled him 

 with despair. And when death came upon him, it found him cheerful 

 and ready. With higher names, the name of Niebuhr lingered on his 

 lips, and now he sleeps beside him. The words he wrote for Arnold's 

 epitaph might well come back to furnish his own : " Strenuus, unice 

 dilectus, populi Christiani libertatem vindicavit." 



At present the Academy consists of 156 Resident Fellows, of which 

 the First Class contains 48 ; the Second Class, 48 ; the Third Class, 

 GO. The proportions in the sections remain nearly unchanged from 

 last year, except that the section of Philosophy and Jurisprudence, 

 which was before the smallest of the Third Class, is reduced from thir- 

 teen to ten members. 



There are 81 Associate Fellows, of which the First Class contains 

 35 ; the Second Class, 30; the Third Class, 16. 



The actual Foreign Honorary Members are 71 ; of the First Class, 

 27 ; the Second Class, 27 ; the Third Class, 17. 



The Treasurer submitted his Annual Report, which was 

 ordered to be entered in full upon the records. 



Professor Lovering read the Report of the Committee on 

 Publication, and Dr. A. A. Gould that of the Library Com- 

 mittee. 



Appropriations were voted, on motion of the Treasurer, 

 of 8 800 for the Library, il 1,100 for general expenses, 

 and $ 1,400 for publications for the ensuing year. On motion 

 of Mr. Emerson, a special appropriation of $400 was voted 

 for the continuation of Dr. Storer's Report on the Fishes of 

 Massachusetts. 



