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mission of professional duties, were continued throughout the day. 

 Reflection and meditation strengthened and confirmed what in- 

 dustry and investigation had accumulated. It was a fixed prin- 

 ciple with him, from which he never voluntarily deviated, not to be 

 deterred by any difficulties that were surmountable, from prosecut- 

 ing to a successful termination what he had once deliberately 

 undertaken." 



To spread thy fame two rival worlds contend, 



To worth, to learning, and to genius just ; 

 And Love's and Friendship's mingling tears descend. 



To embalm thy memory, and bedew thy dust. 



'Twas thine, with daring wing and eagle eye, 



To pierce antiquity's profoundest gloom ; 

 To search the dazzling records of the sky, 



And bid the stars the sacred page illume. 



Nor did th' instructive orbs of heaven alone 



Absorb thy soul 'mid yon ethereal fields ; 

 To thee the vegetable world was known, 



And all the blooming tribes the garden yields. 



From the tall cedar, on the mountain's brow, 



Which the fierce tropic-storm in vain assails, 

 Down to the humblest shrubs that beauteous blow, 



And scent the air of Asia's fragrant vales. 



But talents, fancy— ardent, bold, sublime, 



Unbounded science, — form'd thy meanest fame: 

 Beyond the grasp of death, the bound of time, 



On wings of fire Religion wafts thy name. 



And, long as stars shall shine or planets roll, 



To kindred virtue shall that name be dear ; 

 Still shall thy genius charm th' aspiring soul, 



And distant ages kindle at thy bier ! 



