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lars. Brief remarks were made by several of the guests; and Mr. Holmes read a short poem, which was afterwards published. Later in the day, the party visited the Peabody Institute at Danvers. It was not a day of unalloyed pleasure. Mr. Peabody's health was rapidly declining; and the thought must have been suggested to all his guests, that the occasion must be to some, and might be to all, the last time they would partake of his elegant hospitality, or witness his participation in the only happiness which survives health and the ordinary blessings of life, the happiness which is the reward of unselfish devotion in the service of mankind. It was on that occasion that he made his final gift of fifty thousand dollars to the original Peabody Institute."

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Mr. Peabody never "kept house,” but usually, when in London, dwelt in furnished lodgings, or made his home at the elegant residence of his friend and business-associate, Sir Curtis Lampson, an American, who, for his commendatory course in reference to the Atlantic cable, was knighted by the Queen.

CHAPTER XVI.

DEATH OF MR. PEABODY.

The Lightning News. The Comments of the Press.

Respect shown to. Mr. Peabody's Memory. - Portraits of Mr. Peabody.

"So live, that, when thy summons comes to join

The innumerable caravan that moves

To that mysterious realm where each shall take

His chamber in the silent halls of death,

Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night

Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustained and soothed

By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one that draws the drapery of his couch

About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams."

BRYANT'S Thanatopsis.

"And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the

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heavenly."-1 COR. xv. 49.

CROSS the British cable, at the midnight hour, there came a solemn message. "George Peabody is dead!" was the report. The light

ning news flies rapidly; and, before many hours, America had learned, from east to west, from north to south, that the man who had given away so many millions while he lived had gone to that world where dollars are no longer needed, but where he would

find that the money given away judiciously is really saved.

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"London, 4th, midnight. George Peabody died at half-past eleven o'clock to-night, at his residence in this city," was the telegram. And forthwith the newspapers of England and America vied with each other in furnishing biographical sketches of the departed, with illustrations showing his well-known lineaments or the place of his birth. The name which Victoria wrote sounded from the lips of the little newsboy as he besought the wayfarer to learn the latest intelligence. The London papers were filled with expressions of mingled regret and respect. "The London Times " said,

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"The news of Mr. Peabody's death will be received with no common sorrow on both sides of the Atlantic. The sentiment of regret will not be a mere passing tribute of gratitude to a munificent benefactor. Mr. Peabody, through a long life, accumulated manifold titles to be lamented. He was an ardent patriot, and loved abroad as much as at home. He was no courtier; yet he was hon-. ored by sovereigns and princes. He was profuse in his charity, which pauperized nobody. He was a philanthropist, who was liked as well as honored. There was nothing hard or narrow about his philanthropy. He simply did whatever good came in his way."

"The Post," in its obituary article, said, "Mr. Peabody was one of the few whose private virtues are followed by public fame, and whose virtues may be cited as examples.

In laying the foundation of wholesome and cheerful homes for the working-classes, he acted upon a high sense of duty, and touched the mainspring of civilization. He made his means the measure of his philanthropy. Throughout his whole life, his conduct displayed a purity of character that could not fail to elevate and refine the feelings his generosity inspired."

"The Telegraph" said, "Mr. Peabody's lot was doubly happy. The inscription on his mausoleum may tell, with unquestioned truth, of the man who loved his kind, and served two countries."

"The Daily News" said, "Mr. Peabody was not a man of impulsive, emotional benevolence, but rather of judicious, widely-spread beneficence. His liberality was not posthumous. He gave from his own substance, and did not surrender what death wrested from him. His services both to his native and adopted country were fittingly and graciously recognized in royal letters and the thanks of Congress. Merchants, in passing his statue daily, do not need to learn from the consummate man of business how to gain money: his career may teach them how it may be wisely spent."

The governor of his native State did not fail to recognize the claim of Mr. Peabody to honorable mention in his inaugural address; and, after saying that he should do injustice to his own feelings if he did not notice his departure, Gov. Claflin went on to say,

"George Peabody has been a faithful representative of

the people of his state and nation in a foreign land. His personal character and commercial success would command respect anywhere; but the nobleness of his nature, which led him to make such munificent and princely gifts for the benefit of his fellow-men in both hemispheres, without regard to rank or color, has given him world-wide fame, and no title could add lustre to his name. His remains are to rest in the soil of his native State, whose people will ever honor him as the benefactor of his race. His influence survives him in the noble institutions which he founded; and generations yet unborn will bless his name and revere his memory."

The doors of the Peabody Academy of Science in Salem were draped in mourning, and the following resolutions at once passed:

"Resolved, That the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science recognize in the death of the distinguished founder of this academy the termination of a life actuated by a noble ambition to benefit and instruct mankind.

"Resolved, That here in his native county, among the many noble institutions he has founded, we are keenly sensible of the greatness of his work, and the magnitude of our loss s; yet a fame so pure and a life so good leave nothing to be said in praise.

"Resolved, That, while the people of two continents are paying their tributes to his memory, we tender our sympathies to his kindred and friends in their bereave

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