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most every kind of useful or recondite knowledge, rendered him eminently 

 an honor to this Institution and to the State ; that his high toned princi- 

 ples commanded universal respect, and the kindness of his heart made him 

 near to all who knew him. , 



Resolved, That in token of our high esteem for his memory, we will 

 wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 



MEETING OF THE DIALECTIC SOCIETY. 



Dialectic Hall, July 24, 1857. 



Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God, by a most sudden blow to re- 

 move from the midst of our community the Rev. Dr. Elisha Mitchell ; the 

 Dialectic Society, acknowledges that the intimacy of his personal and offi- 

 cial relations with all of its sitting members demands that it depart from 

 the custom which renders such obituary tributes as this appropriate only 

 to those who have been members of its particular organization ; the more 

 especially as Dr. Mitchell was eminent among the lovers of Virtue and 

 Science ; 



Resolved, That this catastrophe, which has caused a shock through all 

 the domain of letters, occasioned a loss to this University, so great and 

 peculiar as to call for the deepest sorrow on the part of all who have any 

 connection therewith. 



Resolved, That although none of us had been privileged to follow our 

 late revered Professor along those paths of study which were specially 

 his own, yet we desire to say that we make it matter of honest pride 

 that we were Students of the University during his era ; that we can re- 

 call in after life many circumstances of profit and pleasure in our inter- 

 course with him ; and record here our obligations to him for that high ex- 

 ample that the much absorbed and universal student need not, amidst 

 such pursuits, divest himself of those homely yet noble qualities which 

 make the benevolent and public spirited citizen, the courageous magis- 

 trate, and the humble and sincere christian — that the 3'^outh not only of 

 the State, but of the country, will in years long yet to come, remem- 

 ber him as one who guided the footsteps of their fathers amid many rug- 

 ged paths in the search of knowledge and truth, and even by them 

 will his name be recorded with those great benefactors of his race. 



Resolved, That upon the loss of this their distinguished member, we 

 tender our condolence to our brethren of the Philanthropic Society, and 

 pledge ourselves to co-operate with them in such manner for erecting a per- 

 manent memorial of our respect and gratitude as may be deemed suitable. 



