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ADLER. 
and his fame are bound to be handed down through all 
posterity. Yet he valued these labors and the results which 
sprung from them but little when compared with the affec- 
tion of his kin and of his friends — affections not many in 
number nor easily obtained, for he was, as I have said, a 
shy man ; but he gave in full measure his confidence and his 
love to those whom he called friend. 
A long life filled with many perplexities left his soul 
white. This nation and the world at large is the richer for 
the life of this great man. 
