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Prof. Norton has been also much before the public, 

 both as a lecturer and an author, on the subjects which 

 he had cultivated, and so high was the estimation in 

 which he was held on account both of his talents and 

 attainments, that his efforts were sought ibr in a distin- 

 guished city* of a neighboring state. In the desire to 

 meet that demand, and at the same time to fulfill his 

 duties in New Haven, he performed winter journeys 

 twice weekly, week by week, during the late severe sea- 

 son, giving a lecture daily until his health failed in 

 the spring. 



A southern voyage and a residence in Florida, in March 

 and April, gave his friends strong hopes that his health 

 would be restored, and he commenced his journey home- 

 ward with fair prospects ; but at Washington the mea- 

 sles arrested him, and his health, although at times im- 

 proved, has fluctuated from that time, and for some 

 weeks the hopes of his friends had been almost extin- 

 guished. His decline, towards the last, was very rapid, 

 but his Christian hope sustained and cheered him in his 

 closing hours, as it had been his solace and guide in 

 health. 



His character was every way most estimable and 

 lovely, his manners mild and refined, and his conversa- 

 tion animated and interesting. He was eminently 



* ALBANY, his native city. 



