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rope under the most eminent chemists ; and had received, even when a 

 student, most flattering testimonials to his skill in chemical analysis. 



In speaking of his character, President Woolsey said that he was a 

 man of uncommonly sweet and gentle temper, characterised by placidity 

 and equanimity, to which were united great patience and perseverance in 

 the pursuit of whatever he had undertaken. 



He was also a man of great simplicity, very far from love of show, and 

 from pretension. His lecturing was a proof of this, in which he thought 

 nothing of himself, and was entirely engrossed with his subject. He 

 seemed in this simplicity more like a little child than almost any man 

 whom I have known. 



He was also a man of great probity. He had a natural straightfor- 

 wardness, which well became the descendant of some of the worthiest 

 Puritans of Connecticut. He seemed to love truth for its own sake. He 

 was inflexible in doing right, and whenever a point of duty was involved 

 steadily adhered to true principles. This was manifested in his con- 

 stantly refusing when abroad, and after his return when thrown among 

 worldly men, to do any act looking like desecration of the sabbath, and 

 by his strict temperance principles in all companies, and on all occasions. 



But the crowning glory of his character was his religion, which brought 

 out and gave strength to his natural good qualities. In his youth he felt the 

 power of divine grace, united himself with the church in Farmington, and 

 had ever since led a life consistent with his profession. Hence, when the 

 summons to die came, he was not unprepared or thrown off his guard. He 

 was told that there was no prospect of his living, then calmly shut his eyes 

 without a murmur, and on opening them again, turning to his wife who 

 was sitting by his side, said as if he was giving utterance to the closing 

 thoughts of a sweet train, "Glorious immortality !" adding shortly after, 

 "All is peace!' 



Earely do we see a character more respected by the world, or more tru- 

 ly lovely, than of the young man whose body we have now laid in the 

 grave. 



