NTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



By Gardiner Greene Hubbard, 



President of the Joint CoiiDiiissiou of the S'eie//t/Jir Societies. 



This day was selecied as tlie day to pay tribute to Doctor G. Brown 

 Goode, as it is his natal day. On my return to Boston from the maritime 

 provinces last summer, I heard with deep regret of the death, a few days 

 before, of Doctor George Brown Goode. To me he had been a friend; 

 to me his death was a deep personal loss and sorrow. To him I have 

 turned for counsel, for advice, for sympathy, and his response was 

 prompt, earnest, and cordial. Do I not express the feeling of all who 

 knew him? Never was there a truer and more intelligent counselor, a 

 more sympathetic friend, a more ready helper, a more kindly nature. 



None knew him 1)ut to love him. 

 None named him but to praise. 



It was at Twin Oaks, one of the last Sinidays in June, that he spent 

 the last morning with us. He walked with us through the grottuds' 

 twining ways, pointing out the beauties of the flowers, which he was so 

 qtiick to see, and showing a knowledge of the habits and needs of every 

 tree and shrub. He passed through the grounds to the library and 

 looked over a portfolio of recent Japanese prints. He showed a perfect 

 familiarity with them, selecting the good, rejecting the poor, and know- 

 ing the value of each. With books he was equally familiar, and more 

 than once suggested .some rare book that I .should like to obtain. Books 

 were his friends and com]xuiions. His reading was extensive and varied. 

 He knew my pedigree better than I, and corrected mistakes that I had 

 made in ]:>reparing my genealogy for the Society of Colonial Wars, in 

 which organization he wns deeply interested. His mind was versatile, 

 his interests widespread, his tastes refined, his jtidgment correct. He 

 was a true lover of nature, of art, of beauty everywhere. He heralded 

 to tis the first coming of the l)irds, he knew their notes, and welcomed 

 the opening of the spring blossoms. He was alive to every bit of earth 

 and sky. With all the presstu'c of numerous and varied cares and respon- 

 sibilities, he lent a ready ear, a helping hand, to all who asked his aid. 

 He would read and correct a manuscript for a friend, conduct another 



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