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and he gathered a rich and abundant harvest in the esteem and 

 love oJ Lie wise and good. Many have admired the fluent and 

 silver-toned eloquence of his tongue, more have admired the 

 noble generosity and warmth of his heart. Intercourse with a 

 sordid world did not make him selfish : in the bustle of politi- 

 cal strife, and in the noisy turmoil of party conflict he never 

 lost his equanimity, or his self-respect. Envy and jealousy 

 found no resting place in his pure bosom. His opponents were 

 never his enemies ; if they would not adopt his opinions, they 

 could not withhold their respect and esteem for the man. The 

 broad mantle of his charity, so seldom needed by himself, he 

 was ever ready to throw over the errors and faults of others. 

 He loved good men of every party and sect, and did homage to 

 virtue and sincerity, wherever he found their shrine. In his 

 own loved Commonwealth and in distant States, he had many 

 warmly attached friends, many lovers of liberty and their 

 country who esteemed him worthy of higher honors, and who 

 will lament his death as a public loss. 



But this is not the place and I have not the ability to do full 

 justice to his memory. Descended from a puritan family, Mr. 

 Saltonstall made an honored name, more honorable ; of New 

 England stock, he was worthy to represent the stern virtues of 

 New England ; they were his pride and his only boast. Truth, 

 honor, and virtue, he worshipped always, not because of the 

 sure and adequate reward which they pay, nor because it is 

 fashionable occasionally to make a pilgrimage to their altars, 

 but because for their own sakes, he loved truth, and honor, and 

 virtue. The beautiful language applied by President Kirkland 

 to Fisher Ames, is no less true and beautiful when applied to 

 Mr. Saltonstall ; " happily he did not need the smart of guilt 

 to make him virtuous, nor the regret of folly to make him 

 wise." Liberty, religion, and holiness he loved, and his rever- 

 ence for God was habitual and controlling. 



