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cient aid, and warm appreciation were never wanting to those en- 

 gaged in scientific investigation or in literary labor. 



Mr. Lee was a man of sterling integrity, and of a high sense of 

 honor. In private life, and to a large circle of kindred and friends, 

 he was endeared by those traits of character which are the ornament 

 and joy of home and of refined and cultivated society. His kind 

 offices were never wanting where there was the need or the oppor- 

 tunity for them. It is hardly enough to say that he was unselfish. 

 He probably would not have claimed this praise. But he had so 

 large and comprehensive a self-love, that it could be satisfied only 

 when he had contributed to the utmost of his ability to the happiness 

 of those around him, of whatever age or condition. He was thus 

 loved and honored in life, and for not a few his death seems an 

 irreparable loss. 



JOHN MUDGE MERRICK, S.B. 



John Mudge Merrick, of Walpole, was the youngest son of the 

 late Rev. John Mudge Merrick. He was born at the Swift Hotel, in 

 "West Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, April 12, 1838, at which 

 place his father was then settled over the Unitarian Society. 



Shortly after the birth of his son, Mr. Merrick was called to the 

 church at Walpole. where he was settled for many years. 



In 1857 Mr. Merrick entered the chemical department of the 

 Lawrence Scientific School, and he was graduated from there summa 

 cum laude in 1859. After graduating he served for one year as 

 assistant to Professor Horsford. 



In 1862 he was appointed principal of the High School at Natick. 

 He left this place to take a similar position at Canton, in the spring of 

 1864. Leaving Canton in 1865 he filled the position of Submaster in 

 the New Bedford High School until the summer of 1867. During 

 his vacations he spent his time in chemical work, and on leaving New 

 Bedford he accepted the position of Superintendent of the Boston 

 Diatite Company. In 1868 he commenced his active professional life 

 as an analytical and consulting chemist in the city of Boston, and from 

 that time until within a few days of his early death he was steadily 

 employed at commercial chemistry. 



During this time he was a constant contributor to the chemical 

 journals, both at home and abroad. He was also one of the contrib- 

 utors to Johnson's Cyclopedia. In 1874 he was elected Professor of 

 Chemistry in the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. 

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