The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-11-21

and his cheerful. tireless pulses were
stilled in the grave.
lie departed from earth ON the 25th
of Sept, 1855, aged nearly So years.
So he rests, to be disquieted no more.
Brave, beautiful and beloved one shall
| see thee no more on earth2 Must the
features which glowed with superior in.
tclligence-the frame which was replete
with manly symmetry and strength
must they be mingled with the clay p
But let me not indulge the painful fas
cination of such thoughts as these, Let
me not be so unworthy of that high spir-
it, which, with Serene, immortal perccp
tions, ia, perhaps. near me even now.
AS for that loved form, if 7 am permit.
ted 10 enter where he is I shall recog-
nizc it again, in its glorifed spiritual
conditions and proportions
Why was be SO worthy to be loved
"A brief sketch of his person, and of
his mental and spiritual character, will
answer the question, and conclude this
paper.
lie was slightly above middle stature,
and bare manly and muscular proper
tions His carriage YVES erect and open;
and his clear and cheerful eye was never
ayerted. His address was uniformly
courteous and kindly He was tolerant
of all men, in intercourse, though ho
loved intimately but few. 1t was his
maxim that kindlincss Of manner, even
toward those whom we do not esteem, is
a mauly duty, and is no evidence Of du-
plicity.
His own soul was so generous and
noble, that he could have no sympathy
with mean or wicked men. Into their
secret he entered not. Yet even by
them, we have never heard that his
name was maligned For his gentle
heart never harbored hatred, or an en-
nifty. He regarded bad men with ga
slender, soft pity, such as they could
"not feel for him"
His mind was penetrating, analytic,
discriminating, and retentive His mo-
taphysical attachments were remarkable.
How many owe to his clear reason, the
resolution of mental and religious doubts,
which wcro painful and perplexng be-
yond endurance lie adopted early in
life, a genial philosophy, which it was
his greatest delight to consider, explain
and defend His manner in argument,
was at once so firm, conclusive, modest,
clear and entertaining, that Lis conver.
sation (as was said of another s. was one
of the delights of life" lie agreed much,
with the divines Of the Broad Church
School u; and expended much thought in
studying and developing the philosophy
which Coleridgo Gn English has taught,
elementarily, and which Neandcr loved,
and in his teachings implied. This phil
osophy, Substantially, he believed is des.
tined to place upon better foundation,
the mental and spiritual culture of the
coming generations. In religious belief
he adopted this motto, which he often
repeated, Resist every false doctrine,
"and call no man hereto" He was in
tolerant Of nothing but quackery. That
he pursued with all the acuteuess of his
mind, and with all the power of his sar-
casm.
His attainments in Science and Math.
ematics were highly respectable but his
mind was metaphysical rather than
mathematical-Pla Platonic rather than Ba-
CONAN.
His mental temperament was also
highly poetical bis Imagination was lofty,
and his fancy sparkling and playful.
From every ordinary event he could ex-
tract its poetry, and his mind thus beau
tilted whatever it approached.
Falsities and limitations, in seutim ent
could never impose upon him, any more
than sophisms n argument. The good
and the true he failed not to recognize
iu every garb their simulations hO in
tuitively rejected. Consequently he was
devoid of mawkishness or affectation,
and his tenderest sentiments partook of
the health and vigor of his mental con.
stitution
1t would readily be inferred, that he
was a man Of a wisely tempered euthu-
siasm. He entered with earnestness in.
to many of the public aud political ques-
tions of the day; bearing into the stormy
arena, all the graces of his character,
He had a hereditary attachment to the
so-called Wing party and aided warm
ly in the canyasses for Gen. Harrison,
for Mr. Clay and for Gen. Taylor. Ad.
miration and venoration for the peerless
Webster, Inspired his attaehment to the
party, which was adorned by the adher-
enco of that mighty mau.