MEMORIAL OF HENRY WELD FULLER. 165 



the Commencement of 1836, he pronounced the annual oration 

 before the Atheusean Society. Having read law with his father 

 and at the Cambridge Law School, he was admitted to the Kenne- 

 bec bar, and for ten years he was a partner with his father. In 

 1841 he removed to Boston, and here for thirteen years was in 

 partnership with Elias H. Derby, and for eleven years was clerk of 

 the Circuit Court of the United States. Since resigning the latter 

 position, he has acted as trustee and treasurer for different persons 

 and corporations. 



The talents of Mr. Fuller were of the highest order ; in him were 

 united a sound understanding, a rich and vigorous imagination, 

 and a logical precision of thought. His learning was extensive^ 

 critical, and profound. In manners, Mr. Fuller was a courtly 

 gentleman, possessing that kindness of heart and delicacy of feel- 

 ing which made him study the wants and anticipate the wishes of 

 all whom he knew. His refined taste was marked. His drawings 

 are very fine, and one of the monuments of his taste is the Ceme- 

 tery at Woodlawn, with which he had been connected since 1851, 

 when he took it as a rough pasture, and by his own skill and good 

 judgment laid out the avenues and paths, and designed the gate- 

 way and arbors, bringing it b}' his daily care and oversight into 

 its present state of beauty. 



He was never remembered to do an unkind act. Entire unsel- 

 fishness was a most marked trait in his character ; he never thought 

 of himself, but always of others. He was never too weary to give 

 help to those who needed it. His happiness was entirely connected 

 with his intense devotion to his home and friends. 



His wonderful cheerfulness and brightness he always brought 

 into his home ; amid all the sorrows and trials of his life, which 

 were many and severe, his smile alone was a benediction. His 

 sunny disposition and religious character made him feel that all 

 trouble was sent for the best. Honest}- and strict integrit}- through 

 all his severe trials, and a strong desire to leave an honest name 

 behind him were foremost. 



For many years Mr. Fuller was Vice-President of this Society, 

 and Chairman of the Committee on Gardens, and a member of the 

 Executive Committee. His magnanimity, when a piece of plate 

 was voted to him for his long and acceptable service as Chairman 

 of the Garden Committee, in gracefully declining to accept it, 

 adding that he had been more than compensated in performing the 



