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receive testimony and to all things did he accord a hearing that was 

 fair and just. He hastened to no conclusions and he was ever ready 

 to modify his opinions in the light of farther evidence. His was a 

 nature innately fair and truthful and whilst ever fearlessly uncom- 

 promising wherever principle was involved, personally he judged 

 not at all ! To be as broadly tolerant as this our loved and honored 

 friend, to be as considerate and fair, as intrinsically friendly towards 

 the opinion of all men, regardless of station, has been an ideal to us 

 all since first we knew him. 



O thou lover of all things true and good, upon what far heights 

 today thy soul doth stand, we rest assured that one so fitted to be 

 immortal, — has found his immortality! 

 Bethel, Me. 



WILLIAM BREWSTER. 



At a regular meeting of the Nuttall Ornithological Club held 

 November 3, 1919, the following memorial of Mr. William Brewster 

 was adopted by the Club for entrance in the Records, and the 

 Secretary was instructed to communicate it to ' The Auk ' for 

 publication, It was prepared by Mr. E. B. White. 



William Brewster was one of the founders of the Nuttall Orni- 

 thological Club and its President for over forty years, and when 

 not absent from Cambridge, was found faithfully in the Chair 

 at its meetings. His scientific attainments have made their own 

 permanent record, but the Club wishes to record here the sense of 

 the heavy loss it has sustained and of the intimate personal be- 

 reavement which the members suffer in the death of one who was 

 held by them in such affectionate regard. 



He presided with an easy control, with no trace of self-assertive- 

 ness, his poise rendering that unnecessary : perfect balance marked 

 his character; he possessed vigor without asperity and sensibility 

 without softness. Tolerant and just, he infused into the meetings 



