{"1": {"fulltext": "E340\\n.88 W2\\nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\nDDDDSDflSSbQ", "height": "3603", "width": "1773", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": ":f\\n.0\\ny 4\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2n\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a27*\\nSv^ V\\nA^\\nV\\nI 1\\nc;-\\nO\\nS\\nV\\n0\\nV C^\\nW^", "height": "3468", "width": "1825", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "c O.\\nI ov* \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^o* a,\\n4 o\\nC\\nV V\\n-.Wi^; ^r^^^\\no^ TVT* ,A\\nvv^^-i^ -^J^M^^. ^^c$^ -i^^^^^^r -^o-^\\n^o^\\n5P\\n:s^\\\\\\\\\\\\i^\\nv -^^Kwr^^r -^^0* r- ^ov^\\nr ^5.\\n0^\\nox^^ 1\\nA.^\\nv\u00c2\u00ab^\\nb^ \u00e2\u0099\u00a6/t:t* a\\nv*^\\nvx^^v -jm^ tuQ i\\nt*\\noK\\n.V\\no.-.* .,0^- -^b t;.* a\\n,0^\\ni^", "height": "3385", "width": "1732", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3468", "width": "1825", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "D I S C U 11 S E\\nON TIIK\\nLIFE AND CHARACTER\\nOF\\nHON. JOSEPH STORY, LL. D.\\nDEMVERED ON\\nTHE SUNDAY FOLLOWING HIS DEATH,\\nSEPTEMBER 14, 1845.\\nJ^\\nC/\\n^L/\\nBY\\nR. C. WATERSTO?(,\\nPASTOR OK THE CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR.\\nGreat men linve lived among us Heads that plann d,\\nAnd tongues that uttered wisdom,\\nEven 60 doth Heaven protect us I\\nWORDSWORTH.\\nBOSTON:\\nWILLIAM CROSBY AND II. P. NICHOLS.\\n1845.", "height": "3385", "width": "1732", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": ".SsWa\\n74039\\ni. B. CHI9HOLM, PRIKTEH,\\n2 WATER STHECr.", "height": "3468", "width": "1825", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "DISCOURSE.\\nBelioKl tlio Lord, tlic l.rtrd of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem\\nand from Judah the stay and the staff; the Judge, prudent and\\nancient; the honorable man, and the counsellor.\\nISAIAIl ill- 1,\\nWithin a few days our country has lost one of its greatest\\nand best men, one who was universally respected and beloved.\\nWhen such a mind has passed from the earth, so full of wisdom\\nand life, enriched by the treasures of widely-gathered know-\\nledge, and in the very midst of enjoyment and usefulness, the\\nfaith by which we pierce into futurity grows almost to vision.\\nWe instinctively feel that such a mind has been lifted to odicr\\nspheres of action, that its varied powers are still vigorously\\nemployed, that wisdom and goodness yet stretch out before it\\nlike an infinite kingdom, opening boundless fields for continued\\nresearch.\\nPerhaps at no time is the idea of absolute death so utterly\\nimpossible. We cannot but think of such a mind as still\\nliving; loving, thinking, acting. The universe has other\\nspheres for its more full development, and the Father of spirits\\nhas removed it to those more exalted stages of being for higher", "height": "3385", "width": "1732", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "usefulness. The lis,Mit of Christianity sends its gladdening\\nbeams into the far futurity, and makes certain the glorious\\nhope which the soul itself foreshadows. By that revelation\\nthe gates of eternity are thrown open, and we are made to\\nknow that the Deity has prepared for us a home.\\nThere apostles, and martyrs, and saints dwell in holy com-\\nmunion. There the philanthropist and the scholar will meet.\\nThere the true and the good of every name assemble, and\\nthere will be gathered all the spirits of the just: and that life\\nwill not he a mere passive existence, but a life for the acquisi-\\ntion of truth and for boundless progress. Principles con-\\nnected with distant worlds may there become an object of\\nresearch. The universe itself may be the glorious temple of\\nGod, and the study of his divine laws may awaken to new\\nvigor every powder of the soul.\\nYet what a thought is it, that minds recently here, are\\nnow there That those whom we have known, are now ac-\\nquainted with the spiritual world, and are in the midst of its\\nmysteries Nothing but a thin veil is between us, and one by\\none, we shall be removed from this world to join that compa-\\nny. We are upon the borders of that spiritual realm into\\nwhich we shall presently enter, and thus, even here, we have\\nan intimate and insci)arable connexion with the unseen world.\\nAnd now that another has gone to join the great cloud of\\nwitnesses, and the spiritual world has been brought nigh to our\\nthoughts by its having received one so venerated and loved, is\\nit not well for us to contemplate together the eartlily life which\\nhas just closed, and the peculiarities of a character, which, if\\nrightly considered, may exertan exalting and sanctifying power.*\\nWell may we exclaim with the prophet, The Lord hath\\ntaken away our stay and our stalF; the Judge, prudent and", "height": "3468", "width": "1825", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "ancient the honorable man and the counsellor. But a few\\ndays ago, and he seemed in the perfect enjoyment of health,\\nnow he has gone like a star dropped from the firmament.\\nBut two weeks since, at the literary festivals of our most an-\\ncient university, he seemed like a presiding genius, in the full\\nglow of feeling, earnest in his affections, and in possession of\\nall his wonderful powers. Now that benignant countenance\\nwill be seen no more the gates of the grave have closed upon\\nthat form, and the gates of Paradise have received the spirit\\nWhile we think of the eminent services which he was rendering\\nto the world, his loss seems inexpressibly great, but when wc\\nremember the extent of his past labors and the imperishable\\ncharacter of much which he has left behind, we cannot but\\nfeel that he has accomplished far more for the good of man-\\nkind, than falls to the lot of many even of those, who leave\\nbehind them an abiding memory,\\nJudge Story was born in I\\\\Iarblehead in 1779. He entered\\nHarvard University in 1795, and in 98 was graduated and com-\\nmenced the study of the law. He was for a short time a\\nmember of the State Legislature, and in 1811 was appointed\\nby President Madison to the high judicial station which he has\\nsince filled with so much honor to himself and his country. In\\n1820 he was an influential member of the Convention for Re-\\nvising the Constitution of this Commonwealth. He has pub-\\nlished numerous volumes which have been unsurpassed fur their\\nexcellence, and which have become text-books, both in this\\ncountry and in Europe. As the head of the Institution over\\nwhich for many years he presided, he became the object of the\\nmost universal regard and ardent affection.\\nThe details of his history will soon be collected, and a just\\ndelineation of his professional character will be given by those", "height": "3385", "width": "1732", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "who are competent to perform so honorable a work in the\\nmean time let us, as in the place consecrated to the purpose of\\nreligion, recal some of those traits, which in a remarkable de-\\ngree, form a beautiful and edifying example for the admiration\\nand imitation of all.\\nThe noble science, to which, with intense zeal, he devoted\\nhis life, is one which must require laborious study, and, to at-\\ntain eminence in which, must be the result of uncommon natu-\\nral gifts, united with patient thought and untiring cnerg)-. If\\nthis is true generally, then it must follow, that to preside as\\nJustice of the Supreme Judicial Court must require vast intel-\\nlectual strength, searching insight and comprehensive judg-\\nment. To fill this responsible place worthily, one must pos-\\nsess rare accomplishments united with unwearied diligence.\\nHe must become accurately acquainted with written law, and\\nthe great principles of equity. He must have firmness with\\nmoderation, and zeal with candor. All this through more\\nthan one third of a century was to be seen, in him who has\\nnow, in the Providence of God, been suddenly removed from\\nthe tribunals of the nation. Thoroughly acquainted with the\\nletter of the law, he grasped also ultimate principles calm\\nand clear in his statements, candid in his admissions, just and\\nlucid in his arguments, he went on, step by step, with a severe\\nand adamantine logic until his conclusions became like abso-\\nlute demonstrations of truth.\\nHe had that intellectual power, which leads to the accumu-\\nlation of extraordinary and manifold knowledge and that as-\\ntonishing genius which can throw such acquirements into new\\ncombinations for practical use, clothe them with beauty, and\\nmake them instinct with life. lie was a man of unwearied\\nand inexhaustible energy. His industry seemed boundless.", "height": "3468", "width": "1825", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "He was never a seeker of case, but ardently seized upon every\\nopportunity by which he might acquire knowledge. Such in-\\ndustry is a cardinal virtue. With him it was both a principle\\nand a habit. Whatever he did was well done, because it was\\nthe fruit of laborious toil.\\nHe was a Lover of Truth. This was manifest through his\\nlife. To attain Truth was the object of his various labors. If\\nthis end could be acquired, months and years of hard toil were\\na small consideration. This led to profound research and\\nwatchful prudence. He was not biased by the heat of contro-\\nversy. His zeal was moderated by candor, and the truth that\\nhe so ardently loved, he sought through all difficulties until it\\nwas found.\\nHe never went aside from his duty in pursuit of public ad-\\nmiration. The admiration that was felt for him, followed him,\\nnot he it. In days of constant agitation and pubhc excitement\\nhe quietly pursued his various labors, incorruptible in his in-\\ntegrity, thinking more of the eternal principles of Justice\\nand of national jurisprudence, than of the fleeting interests\\nof the day.\\nIt is true of him, in an unusual degree, that his greatness did\\nnot consist in the disproportionate development of any one\\nquality, so much as in the transcendent balancing of his varied\\npowers, and their harmonious completeness. There was no-\\nthing exaggerated about him. There was with him no morbid\\nactivity, but a calm and clear self-possession, and a symmetri-\\ncal beauty of proportion. In his public life, he was character-\\nized by a manly confidence, and a mild dignity of manner,\\nwhich both commanded respect and won affection. His whole\\ndeportment was entirely consistent, so that while he was affable", "height": "3385", "width": "1732", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "8\\nas a friend, he was looked up to as the very oracle of the law,\\nand the impersonation of Justice.\\nIn his private life, he was the delight of every circle in\\nwhich he was known. He was a man of ardent and abiding\\naffections. Gentle and fi-iendly to all ready in his sympathies\\nand sincere in his regards. Among the beautiful incidents of\\nhis life, was his long and unbroken attachment to Chief Justice\\nMarshall. He had been officially connected with him for\\ntwenty-four years, had witnessed his wonderful labors, had lis-\\ntened to his unrivalled judgments and elucidations of law, and\\nthere grew up between them an almost feminine affection.\\nThey were bound together by the tenderest ties. They aided\\nand encouraged each other and the spirit of the honored\\nChief Justice seemed to have been shared by his younger\\nfriend, and to have rested upon him throughout his brilliant ju-\\ndicial career.\\nBut not only the more aged the young also, were the ob-\\njects of his regard. Those who were greatly his juniors were\\nalways met with kindness, and their views were heard with\\ncheerfulness and weighed with candor. His constant urbanity,\\nand generous and overflowing kindness made every one feel\\nthe happier for having been in his society.\\n1 le was remarkable for his colloquial powers. Free from\\negotism, quick in his sympathies, and always natural, there\\nwas an exquisite charm in his conversation. He could converee\\nu])on all subjects, ever mingling his lively and inexhaustible\\nhumor with the richest and most manifold knowledge, now\\nglowing with feeling, and now serious witli thought. His\\nwords seemcil like the gushing u]) of a spring, sparkling\\nand ever flowing on coming from amid granite rocks,\\nand beneath that, mines of priceless ore. Like that high", "height": "3468", "width": "1825", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "9\\ntablc-Iund from whicli streams full, on one side into ihe\\nAtlantic, and on the other side into the German Ocean, so\\nbis mind, elevated alwve woridly strife, joyous as the sunny\\nthought of childhood, yet rich with varied wisdom, and laden\\nwith the experience of years, sent forth now, its thoughts into\\nthe regions of imagination, and now, dwelt amid the endear-\\nments of social feeling and now, expatiated in tracing the\\nlaws of nature, and the discoveries of science, and now, press-\\ned onward into the profound depths of philosophy and the\\ndivine glories of religious truth.\\nAnd while it was as easy and natural for him to speak, as\\nfor the stream to wander at its own sweet will, still he nev-\\ner spoke at random, or said that which his dearest friend could\\nhave wished unspoken. His conversation was not only delight-\\nful, but instructive and elevating. When he did not converse\\nupon religion, he still conversed religiously the spirit of\\nChristianity fell over him like the soft sunlight and as the sun-\\nbeams penetrate a ball of crystal, so his whole soul seemed to\\nbe irradiated by the beams of truth and love. The general\\nsweetness of his temper, the urbanity of his manner, the just-\\nness of his judgment, the benevolence of his heart, were all\\nseen in his daily conversation. He icas ^just what he seemed\\nand havinc nothins; to conceal, and never needing to assume\\nhe was simple earnest and direct. He could be honest\\nwithout coarseness, and courteous without flattery. Every\\none felt in approaching him that he was unacquainted with ar-\\ntifice. His frankness made every one free, and those who had\\napproached him with awe, forgot their timidity as they were\\nkindled by his enthusiasm, and delighted by his innocent and\\ndignified mirth. Thus persons felt his superiority without be-\\ning oppressed by it. In his estimate of others, he could see\\n2", "height": "3385", "width": "1732", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "10\\ntheir faults, but he liad a gentleness of heart which forbade his\\ndwelling unduly upon them. He could also appreciate their\\nexcellence, and his noble and generous soul seemed to delight\\nin doing them justice. There was in his mind nothing mean\\nand narrow. He had none of that bitter sarcasm which leaves\\nits venom behind, or that jealousy and skepticism which doubts\\nthe virtue of others, but sweetness of feeling and delicacy of\\nsentiment seemed the inherent characteristics of his mind.\\nSome men are intellectually great without manifesting any\\npersonal regard for religion they are accomplished scholars,\\nand can write with force and plead with eloquence, but they\\nare lax in their morals, and inconsistent and reckless in their\\nconduct. Others, again, are eminent as men of thought, and\\ngive their formal assent to religion, nay, at times, they may\\neven utter a strong word in its favor, but they are evidently\\nnot governed by its principles. Not so was it with the honored\\nmind of which we now speak religion with him was the cen-\\ntral principle of life. It was not something separate from him-\\nself: not an outward thing to be looked at, and coldly admired.\\nIt was a living power which was intimately blended with every\\nthought and feeling. It pervaded his whole being, and guided\\nevery act both of his private and professional life. He beheld\\nwith delight the transcendent greatness of religion, and with a\\nChristian ardor he sought to live in conformity with the divine\\nwill to confide with perfect trust in the mercy of an overruling\\nprovidence to bow with uncomplaining submission before its\\nwise decrees and to cherish in his own soul, as an interior\\nlife, the spiritual power. His was not an unmeaning acquies-\\ncence in popular views. His was not a floating belief in vague\\ngeneralities, but his deliberate and thoughtful mind had |)Onder-\\ned long upon the grand llicmes of religion and iiivcstigrilcd its", "height": "3468", "width": "1825", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "n\\nclaims. He had made religion the subject of solemn conside-\\nration, and it became a matter to his mind of absolute certain-\\nty, and of incalculable worth.\\nHis piety was serene and cheerful. The Heavenly Father\\nwas to him as a gentle shepherd leading his flock through the\\nquiet glens and under the shadow of the rocks. To him there\\nwas a Divine Wisdom ruling over all. Through the mysteries\\nof life he saw the gleamings of heavenly love, and Nature to\\nhis soul was joyous and full of glory. There was, therefore,\\nin his piety nothing morose or repulsive. His soul was full of\\nfilial trust and cratitude. When he rested in God, it seemed\\nas if his feet were upon a rock, while his head was bathed in\\nthe mellow sunshine of heaven. God was love His laws\\nwere truth: and in his laws, and in Himself, he was willing\\nand glad, freely and wholly to confide.\\nHe reverenced reason, and gathered from nature all the light\\nshe could yield, but he rested his faith upon the Scriptures of\\nthe Old and New Testament. He had made the records of\\nDivine Revelation his study, and he had thus acquired the\\nmost settled conviction of their authenticity and authority.\\nHe cherished the most sincere veneration for their heavenly\\ntruth, and the most grateful sense of their exalting and redeem-\\ning power. He heartily acknowledged a special and miracu-\\nlous message from Heaven which the greatness of his intel-\\nlect had never led him to doubt, but in which his faith was\\nconfirmed and fixed by his accurate learning and profound in-\\nsight.*\\nHe believed in the supremacy of the Father, and in Jesus,\\nSince the above was written, Professor Greenleaf, in his just and admirable\\ndiscourse delivered before the University, makes the following statement\\nHe had studied the evidences of Christianity with professional closeness and care,\\nand had given to them the testimony of his full assent and he has often been heard to\\nLore,", "height": "3385", "width": "1732", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "12\\nas the Christ, the Son of ^\\\\^c Living Gotl. The simple and\\nsublime faith which had illumined tiie mind of a Channing,\\nand made him the crowning glory of his time the faith which\\nanimated a Tuckerman, as, in the spirit of his Master, he had\\npenetrated the abodes of want; that same faith supported and\\ncheered him whose character we are now considering, through\\nthe long course of his professional labors, with its complicated\\nduties and responsible trusts. This faith guided and strength-\\nened him through the whole of his useful and splendid career.\\nIt was his rule of action through life, the inspirer of his joys,\\nthe consoler of his sorrows, and the foundation of his glorious\\nand immortal hopes.\\nWe said that Story was graduated at Flarvard University in\\n179S.* lie was the classmate of Channing and Tuckerman.\\nAnd not only the classmate, but the intimate and ardent friend\\nof both. And that friendship which commenced amid their\\ncollegiate studies, continued between them until thcv were\\nseparated by death.\\nChanning, Tuckerman, Story. The one distinguished in\\ntheology, ihe other in philanthropy, the other in law. The\\nthree master-minds, in many respects, of their age. Each\\npursued a diHercnt path, but they have all left behind an\\nindelible impress upon society, and upon the world.\\nChanning, tlie profound Christian thinker, the uncompromis-\\ning advocate of truth, the daring defender of human rights\\nChanning, the luminary of the Church, the eloquent preacher,\\ncalm, persuasive, just familiar w ith the highest philoso-\\nilorlaro, that, in liis jiidijniont, llio great farts of Ihp Gospel history were attosleil l)y a\\nmass of cviJouce, wliicli, in any nnirt nl law, wmilil lie pirl i illy satisfactory ami\\neonrlusivo.\\nOr. Tuckerman was liorii in 177S, Jiiil:;i Slory in 1770, ami Dr. Channing in 1780.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI r. TuckernKin departed in IJ^IO, Dr. Channing in 184i, and Judge Story in 1645.", "height": "3437", "width": "1680", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "13\\nf 1iy and ilic highest wisdom, he threw a new charm over the\\nabstract principles of right, and made thousands feel with new\\nforce, the sacredness of human freedom, and the righteous\\nclaims of God.\\nTuckerman, the mild, gentle, loving disciple of our Lord\\nbreathing forth kindly sympathies and animating hopes labor-\\ning for years in a quiet village sending his affections over\\nthe sea to the poor natives of India, and then coming to spend\\nhis declining years amid the lanes and hovels of a city, to\\ncomfort the afllicted and reclaim the wandering. Tuckerman,\\nthe holy apostle of want, the devoted friend of man.\\nStory, the accomplished scholar, the illustrious Judge, the\\nmaster of legal science unrivalled in learning, inflexible in\\nvirtue.\\nIn some respects they were widely different, in other res-\\npects they were singularly alike. They were all unwearied\\nin their industry the one, perhaps, more particularly, with\\nthought, and the other with books, and the other with men.\\nThe one meditating in his closet, the other visiting from house\\nto house, and the other pleading at the altars of Justice. They\\nwere each pure, simple, and true. They were each ardent in\\nfeeling and strong in friendship. Widely different in their posi-\\ntions having different opportunities by which to judge of\\nmen and truth placed upon different stand-points in the world,\\nthey each arrived at similar conclusions upon some of the\\nmost important subjects of thought they each held similar\\nviews respecting God, Christ, and Man. Before each. Divine\\nRevelation unrolled the same great and glorious truths and\\nthrough life they lived and labored in a common faith. They\\nwere classmates and friends. They were united in their lives,\\nand in their death they were not divided.", "height": "3380", "width": "1701", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "u\\nTlieir earthly remains repose together in the same garden of\\ngraves. May we not believe that their spirits are now united\\nin aflectionatc fellowship in the same kingdom above\\nWitliin five years they have all passed away, and we may\\nsay of each, they shall be held in everlasting remembrance.\\nThey rest from their labors, but their works will live as an im-\\nperishable memorial of their fidelity.\\n89 w", "height": "3468", "width": "1825", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3385", "width": "1732", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "k\\n^^^s J\\n5\u00c2\u00b0^\\n,0*\\n--S^S^,* ^^fS^.\\nb,\\n-n^.^\\ny\\nV \u00c2\u00bbj:^\\ni\\n5 i)\\no\\nVO 6\\nfcS-\\no\\nV\\nV* A^\\nN c .0\\no\\na\\n.-i\\nV,\\nN^\\n40\\no\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v-*\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J-\\no.\\nJ\u00c2\u00bb\\n.^^r\\n0^ .vi L% o, .,-jv*^ y-\\nfV\\no", "height": "3468", "width": "1825", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "^^^^f\\nI WERTBOptUilNDINO I\\nM 1989\\nGranlviiia.yA\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^rv.", "height": "3385", "width": "1732", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3468", "width": "1825", "jp2-path": "discourseonlifec00wate_0022.jp2"}}