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" In contemplating the variety, the universality, of his attainments, the mind in- 

 voluntarily exclaims, ' The admirable Pickering ! ' He seems, indeed, to have run 

 the whole round of knowledge." 



" The death of one thus variously connected is no common sorrow. Be- 

 yond the immediate circle of family and friends, he will be mourned by the bar, 

 amongst whom his daily life was passed ; by the municipality of Boston, whose 

 legal adviser he was ; by clients who depended upon his counsels ; by all good 

 citizens, who were charmed by the abounding virtues of his private life ; by his 

 country, who will cherish his name more than gold or silver ; by the distant islands 

 of the Pacific, who will bless his labors in every written word that they read ; 

 finally, by the company of jurists and scholars throughout the world." — 9 Law 

 Reporter, pp. 61, 66. 



