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working daily in his green old age on his farm; his children 

 settled comfortably in life, he awards a generous hospitality 

 to those of his many friends who may visit him at his home. 

 His declining years solaced by a knowledge that he has ever 

 sought to benefit mankind, he looks back with satisfaction 

 upon his efforts in the various means which he has used to 

 do good to his country and its people, through the discussion 

 of the numberless questions which he has treated the 

 natural sciences, internal improvements, industrial educa 

 tion, the tariff, finance, etc. He may well be proud, if his 

 modesty would allow, of the. praise bestowed upon him by 

 Daniel Webster while Secretary of State. Mr. Webster pro 

 nounced an earlier essay by Professor Turner on the currency 

 question &quot;one of the ablest papers he had ever read.&quot; His 

 definition of liberty was : &quot; That liberty is the right of every 

 sentient being to a sphere of action and enjoyment suited to 

 that capacity of action and enjoyment which God has given 

 each individual creature.&quot; This has been universally ad 

 mired and accepted by many political writers as the most 

 comprehensive and accurate definition of liberty in the 

 English language. 



