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Perhaps, Gentlemen, we may regret that, even for a mo- 
ment, and from the highest possible motives, he was unfaith- 
ful to his earliest choice, and swerved from the path where, 
as we think, he best served God and man. Yet such ques 
tions must be decided by every man for himself, with such ; 
light as he may attain; and it may be that these varied ex- _ 
periences and changes of thought were sent him that he 
might live through the experience of many years during the 
lapse of a few, and might learn as many as possible of the 
lessons of this life during the time allotted him. But can 
we do otherwise than honor a creed which blossoms in such 
deeds as crowded the last years of Hunparn’s life. His 
was no bigot’s zeal. It led him among the poor, the sick, 
and the afflicted. It sent him to the hospitals, where he 
daily spent his hours of official leisure with the soldiers, 
giving each the needful word of good cheer, or bringing deli- 
cacies and comforts to them so far as his own opportunities 
or those of his friends permitted. It inspired him with a 
true loyalty to his country, and endowed him with that spirit 
of self-sacrifice which shone in every action. “The num- 
ber of letters that he wrote for wounded soldiers,” says @ 
friend in writing of him, “was almost incredible. He fre- 
quently devoted whole afternoons to this one object. E 
wonder how many of the soldiers knew whose bright face 
it was that was so pleasant to them.” 
With all these self-imposed. duties added to his daily and — 
nightly routine of work, who can wonder that his health, — 
always so uncertain, became each month still more im- 
paired; and that when the last summons came it was 80 
quickly answered. 
__ Professor Hussarp left Washington for the last time on 
the 30th July, 1863. For a few days previous he had been — : 
particularly unwell, owing to severe exposure in a sudden 
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