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in his voice, even when he was so feeble that he was able to 
speak only with painful effort. His friends will always re¬ 
member him as one of the most kindly and genial of men, as 
one whose fine personality, impulsive, generous and sympathet¬ 
ic in the highest degree, was so winning and lovable that no 
one could know him, however briefly, without liking him, or 
know him intimately without feeling a deep and abiding affec¬ 
tion for him. 
Although the engrossing nature of his work had left him but 
little time and opportunity to share very actively in the work 
of the Academy, and although he consequently had but limited 
acquaintance among those members who were not likewise his 
colleagues, all those who had known him personally felt very 
deeply the loss of the courageous and cheery spirit whom death 
had taken from them. 
The ideals of Professor Knowlton were above all those of 
the teacher. As in the case of all those who have a special vo¬ 
cation for teaching, his interest lay not simply in the work of 
his students, but in the students themselves. He was intensely 
human and sympathetic. For him literature and life were in¬ 
timately and inseparably bound up together. He was not sat¬ 
isfied to give mere knowledge to his students; he gave himself 
also, and in the most liberal measure. The subtle penetration 
of all his work, of all that he said and did, with his own person¬ 
ality, his ready sympathy, his playful wit and his large and 
human outlook, so free from all narrowness, pedantry and ex¬ 
clusiveness, gave to his teaching a stamp of validity and a pow¬ 
er to impress itself on the fresh young minds around him, that 
was eminently and permanently educative. He made unro- 
mitting efforts to come into personal relations with every one 
whom he taught, and almost invariably a new student was for 
him a new friend. He took the most lively interest in all their 
concerns, and was ever ready to give them his ripest thought 
and his best counsel, to help and guide as well as to instruct 
them. He was therefore a universal favorite, esteemed and be¬ 
loved by a multitude of youthful spirits, and in this disinterest¬ 
ed return he found alike the great incentive and the satisfying 
recompense of all his unwearying efforts as a teacher. 
