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have been quite clear, not only of the absolute indolence 

 but the sluggish action and dreamy thoughtfulness, in 

 which so much of life is ordinarily wasted. Earnest in 

 purpose, strong in conception, exact in discrimination, 

 and careful and settled in his conclusions, he acquired 

 rapidly, he was fully possessed of what he knew, he 

 wrote freely and much, and moved on his ardent course, 

 steadily, safely, joyfully. He lived, while he lived. 



8. Exceedingly to be admired also was his moral cou- 

 rage. It was indeed no remarkable proof of this, that 

 in his boyhood he adopted the temperance pledge ; nor 

 that while he was in this country he adhered to it; but to 

 adhere to it in foreign countries, and in circles of fashion 

 and distinction, where it is scarcely known, or known 

 only to be lightly regarded, was a trial of firmness which 

 it is difficult for the greater part of us duly to estimate. 

 It is common for men pledged to temperance in this 

 country, on going abroad, to remove their names from 

 the pledge. This our youthful friend would not consent 

 to do. It would seem like dishonoring his early educa- 

 tion. He was not unaware of the trial, but he made up 

 his mind to meet it, and he fully sustained the resolution. 

 At agricultural gatherings and public dinners, with the 

 farmers of England and Scotland around the table — 

 introduced to them by his honored teacher, as a young 

 American student and farmer, and called on to join them 

 in the customary glass — he stood firm in his dissent, 



