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 affection 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.