HON. MARSHALL P. WILDER. 83 



William D. Coolidge, Esq., Past Grand Master of the 

 Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Massachusetts, spoke as 

 follows : — 



Mr. President, and Gentlemen, — I desire to say 

 a few words to my dear friend and brother, our hon- 

 ored guest. I will only detain you a few moments, 

 to express my happiness in being with you on this 

 occasion, uniting most heartily in every expression 

 of appreciation and affection which has been uttered ; 

 they have been as numerous as the varied positions 

 which you have filled so fully and so usefully in a 

 long and eventful life. 



This has been a most fitting, sincere, and merited 

 tribute ; because in you were found the warm heart 

 and the active will to use the means and ability with 

 which God has blessed you, to benefit your fellow- 

 men and the age in which we live, making you 

 the instrument in his hands of lasting benefit to the 

 race, inspiring them with the priceless " love of the 

 beautiful." 



My Brother, our business relations have not called 

 us much together ; but it has been my happy privilege 

 to meet you with loving friends in the sacred retire- 

 ment of your beautiful home, where filial affection 

 and devoted love and care crowned your happiness, 



