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Sleep, full of rest from head to feet; 
Lie still, dry dust, secure of change.”’ 
Here we leave him. But, gentlemen of the National | 
Academy, let not the name of the first who left our ranks be— 
soon forgotten. Others of those ranks may have emblazoned : 
their names more conspicuously, their memory may be yet 
more secure of perpetuity, in the annals of science. But 
none of our number can claim to have surpassed him in those — 
qualities which make the highest glory of a man; and well 
will it be for us if our names can be inscribed near his, 00 
the highest of records. j 
If our National Academy is to fulfil its loftiest mission, 
and achieve a work commensurate with our hope and faith, 
let us emulate the spirit of him whom we have first beet 
called upon to mourn, — the spirit of disinterestedness, of 
patriotism, and of highest purpose. 
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