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particle of that respect due by them to the Holy 

 Sacrament. 



The Sainted Brute, by whom he was tenderly 

 beloved, was his Professor of Philosophy and 

 Divinity. Mr. Quarter was a pupil worthy his 

 distinguished master ; and the letters of that master, 

 from which I might quote were I not anxious that 

 this memoir should be as brief as possible, show how 

 high an estimate was placed upon his character, his 

 talents and his virtues, by a man who knew well 

 every avenue to the human heart, and who could 

 thread its mazes with consummate skill. Even 

 after Mr. Quarter had been transplanted to another 

 field, the watchful care, the consoling accents of 

 encouragement, and the sincere expressions of com- 

 mendation, were bestowed by this good old man upon 

 his absent pupil, and were never forgotten by him 

 who was the object of such solicitude. 



"Among all the professors and students he was 

 highly esteemed for his clear mind, sound judgment, 

 gentle disposition, firm friendship and perfect 

 devotion;" and he loved these with an affection so 

 pure that amid all the changing scenes of his life, 

 too apt generally to engender forgetfulness, he 

 ceased not to remember them each and every one; 

 and how his bright eye would sparkle and his 

 spirits become elated, when he met with any child of 

 that dear old mountain, with whom he could converse 

 of the days that were past, and of the men who had 

 been called to other scenes on earth, or away to a 

 better world ; or with one who could tell him of the 



