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EULOGY ii^K^tim 



JOHN PICKERING, L L. D., 



PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



By DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, 



FELLOW OF THE ACADEMT. 



{Delivered hefore the Academy October 28lh, 1846.) 



Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the American Academy 

 OF Arts and Sciences, — 



Among all the works of God, I know of no object of contem- 

 plation more delightful than a beautiful human character, pure and 

 lovely, ennobled by Christian virtues, and adorned by the accom- 

 plishments of mind. Such was eminently the character of our late 

 beloved associate and President, John Pickering, whose death we 

 have been called to deplore, and whose distinguished worth we 

 have come together to contemplate and honor. The reluctance 

 which, as some of you know, I felt at becoming your organ on this 

 affecting occasion, arose from my conscious inability to do justice 

 to his profound erudition ; but the charm of his character overcame 

 my reluctance, and if I can succeed in drawing a faithful portrait 

 c\j of his life and virtues, I shall rely on your goodness to pardon the 



imperfect sketch I may give of his talents and learning. 



That noble-hearted man, the late Judge Lowell, in commencing 



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