EULOGY 



OP 



CORNELIUS CONWAY FELTON, LL.D., (^^C, 



ONE OF THE UEGENTS OF THE 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



TREPABED AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD, BY THEODORE D. WOOLSEY, LL.D., PRESIDEXT OF YALE 



COLLEGE. 



At a meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 held May 1, 1862, Professor Henry, the Secretary, having announced 

 the death of Dr. Felton, one of the Regents, Professor Bache made 

 a few appropriate remarks, and offered, the following resolutions, 

 which were unanimously adopted: 



Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smitlisouian Institution deeply 

 mourn the loss of their fellow Regent, Cornelius Coxwav Feltox, the dis- 

 tinguished President of Harvard University, whose profound learning and ready 

 use of the rich stores of ancient and modern lore excited general admiration, 

 while his genial temper, affectionate disposition, and open manners, endeared him 

 as a friend to every member of this establishment. 



Resolred, That in the death of President Felton, our country, in the hour of 

 its trial, has lost a wise and influential citizen, our government a warm and elo- 

 quent supporter, Harvard University a learned and efficient head, and this 

 institution an active and valued Regent. 



Rrsolrcd, That we sincerely condole with the bereaved family of President 

 Felton, and offer to them our heartfelt sympathy in their deep affliction. 



Resolved, That Dr. Woolscy be requested to prepare a suitable notice of 

 President Felton, to be inserted in the journal of the ]3oard of Regents. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be communicated by the Secretary 

 of the Smithsonian Institution to the family of the deceased, and to tlie faculty 

 and corporation of Harvard. 



EULOGY 



The duty has been laid upon me of preparing a brief tribute to the 

 memory of Cornelius C. Felton, late a Regent of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. I undertake this office the more readih', because a 

 friendly and most pleasant acquaintance of nearly thirty years standing, 

 cemented by common pursuits and unbroken by any of those jealousies 

 which sometimes divide men of the same literary calling, has 



