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allowed to help his friends in doing the honours of 

 the College, and thus many a choice little entertain- 

 ment, improvised with good taste and well-timed 

 fitness, doubly gratified his friends and the guests 

 who were at once theirs and his. But besides, and 

 better far than this view of genial kindness, he pos- 

 sessed that sincere and constant amiability which 

 not only conduces to the formation of friendships, 

 but is a perfect guarantee for their continuance 

 when made. But I need say no more about the 

 talents, tastes, and virtues of him that is gone, for 

 his writings, to which this introduction is prefixed, 

 suggest and indicate, if they do not fully disclose, 

 his talents, while his kindliness, generosity, and 

 goodness of heart were self-evident and dear to all 

 who knew him, and for such alone I believe this 

 work to be intended. He is gone. Death has 

 robbed his friends, and myself in particular, of a 

 kind, amiable companion, a true and faithful friend ; 

 and now there remains to us nothing but his 

 cherished memory ! and truly thankful am I not 

 only that I have none but the most pleasing recol- 

 lections of him, but also that they form an im- 

 perishable possession, of which nothing, no, not 

 even time itself, can deprive me." 



Among our intimate and mutual acquaintances 

 was Mr. A. D. Bartlett, Resident Superintendent 



