he served as President of the Free Kindergarten 

 Association ; as Vestryman of St. John's Church ; as 

 Trustee of the Rhode Island Hospital; as a Director 

 of the Providence Athenaeum ; as member of the Li- 

 brary Committee of Brown University ; and as mem- 

 ber of the School Committee of the City of Provi- 

 dence. He was also a member of the Berzelius Club ; 

 the Churchmen's Club ; the Friday Evening Club, and 

 Doctors' Club, of Providence; and of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Professor Blake possessed mental powers of a 

 high order, combining a singularly keen insight with 

 great breadth of view. His colleagues at Brown 

 University recognized this in his clear, philosophical 

 treatment of those complex ethical, intellectual and 

 practical questions which continually confront a col- 

 lege faculty. 



He was a man of pure and noble character. His 

 sensitive reverence for truth led to extreme consci- 

 entiousness, a delicate sense of honor, and firm moral 



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