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transparent and even affluent in private converse, as to make him insist npoii 

 the near presence by his side, at any important meeting of this corporation, of 

 one whose early enlistment in its organization, equally with his amenity of man- 

 ner and mellifluous eloquence, are themes of delightful as of personal and pub- 

 lic reminiscence. To propose the "yeas and nays" was not an insurmounta- 

 ble task for our late lamented associate ; but, to respond to a complimentary 

 sentiment, or to welcome an invited guest, " Hie labor, hoc ojms est.,^' and for 

 that, — who fitter or more willing than William Lincoln to come to the assist- 

 ance of a friend ! 



The love of Flora shed a bloom and fragrance over their lives. Reposing in 

 the same beautiful home of the dead, to procure and adorn which so much in- 

 terest was manifested by either, she carefully covers the graves of both with her 

 fast fiiding foliage. In the sere autumn, ripe in years and in honor, and at- 

 tended by "troops of friends," we have borne onr jjhi/.sician, onv president, our 

 associate, to that rest which he awaited so patiently, and for which he was so 

 well prepared by the " daily beauty of his life." Vale ! 



EDWARD W. LINCOLN, 



Secretary and Liln-arian. 



HoRTi(;uLTURAL Hall, Worcester, Nov. 1, 1865. 



