THEODORE LYMAN. 663 



"In vigorous health, with a personality physical, mental, and moral 

 which endeared him to all who came in contact with him, happily married, 

 with instincts and powers which led him to the highest callings, to the 

 service of his country in the field and in legislative halls, with tastes for 

 the study of the natural sciences and abundant means to gratify them, 

 there seemed to be nothing lacking to make his life an ideally happy 

 one. 



" Then, when the shadow of a slow insidious disease fell upon liim, it 

 seemed for a time as if his life were but to afford another illustration of 

 the old Greek saying that no man is to be judged ha{)py before his death. 

 But when I saw how bravely he met the advances of his enemy, and with 

 what courageous cheerfulness he interested himself in the pursuits of his 

 friends and in the active life around him in which he could no longer 

 share, I could not help feeling that a happiness was reserved for him 

 higher than any of which the Greek philosopher had dreamed, or I, as a 

 young man, had formed a conception, — the hap[)iness of knowing that by 

 the force of his example he had helped to raise those who came under its 

 influence to a higher and nobler life." 



Henry P. Bowditch. 



Other notices are postponed. 



Three Resident Fellows have resigned, and the Academy has 

 received an accession of seven Resident Fellows, one Associate 

 Fellow, and two Foreign Honorary Members. v 



The roll of the Academy, corrected to date, includes the 

 names of 193 Resident Fellows, 92 Associate Fellows, and 66 

 Foreign Honorary Members. 



Boston, May 10, 1899. 



