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a brother, who shared your counsels and deliberations, 

 and has bequeathed to you a good name, unsullied by 

 a vice a name which is still fragrant with the mem- 

 ories of a kindliness of heart, and truthfulness, that 

 can never fade away. If he had lived to accomplish 

 nothing greater, his learning sanctified by piety, his 

 weaving of science around the cross, with a simplicity 

 so childlike, would entitle him to your lasting grati- 

 tude, and secure him a place in your most honored 

 list of names. For the combination is not more beau- 

 tiful, than it is rare. 



It only remains that, I say a word on his personal 

 appearance, and habits of life. Tall, finely formed, 

 erect, and easy in motion, he was a man to be 

 observed. Exceedingly neat and precise in his 

 dress, he never appeared but with the air and bear- 

 ing of a gentleman. His precision may have occa- 

 sionally reached the point of stiifness, and to a degree 

 impaired the effect of his personal presence. He 

 was scrupulously observant of the etiquette, that reg- 

 ulates the intercourse of gentlemen. Free in his con- 

 verse with his friends, he was never familiar. 



His library, which was remarkable both for the 

 number and value of its volumes, was the embodi- 

 ment of taste in arrangement, and neatness of detail ; 

 while the desk, at which he wrote, was always in the 

 most perfect order. Even the currency he circulated 

 gave evidence of his refinement. He always kept a 

 new issue by him, and never having occasion to 

 demand change, he never had occasion to use the 

 soiled exchange of the market. Regular in all his 

 habits, he lived by rule, and never departed from 

 the rule laid down. He mingled but little in gene- 

 ral society, spent his evenings for the most part at 

 home, and gave certain fixed hours to the loved ones 



