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and aims for which, he had lived were 

 often on his lips, but the affections were 

 more vivid than the intellect in these 

 last hours. The end came very peace- 

 fully, on the 14th of December, 1873. 

 He lies buried at Mount Auburn. The 

 boulder that makes his monument came 

 from the glacier of the Aar, not far 

 from the spot where his hut once stood; 

 and the pine-trees which are fast grow- 

 ing up to shelter it were sent by loving 

 hands from his old home in Switzerland. 

 The land of his birth and the land of his 

 adoption are united in his grave. 77 



