rth with the evening breeze to bless and
greet him.

And then we pass into "reverie," and live a few minutes of "dream-life,"
recalling to mind the maxims and sayings which were uttered in our
presence; and the many bright exemplars placed before his pupils, and the
kindly greetings which were showered all about--for he was no distinguisher
of persons so long as honor of feeling and uprightness of motive abounded
in his presence.

He is gone! Yet in these pages of biography before us he will always live.
From infancy to the ripened greatness of old age, his life is preserved to
posterity by the hand of his faithful and grateful son, whose duty has
been most ably and interestingly performed. The very minutiae of his life
are presented with fidelity and modesty of reference. Some may carp at
this; to these let us say with the French proverbialist, _Rien n'est
indifferent dans la vie d'un grand homme; le genie se revele dans ses
moindres actions_. The straws of every day life mark the direction of the
breezes of individual action.

To the hearts of his pupils we would send this epitaph, and ask them if
aught less tributary could be said of one who was and is to them a father.

Here sleeps the mortality of Joseph Story, who lived his days so well that
he won in a short lifetime an immortality of fame. His career as a _Man_
reflected lustre upon the lustre of an honored father's manhood, and added
to the virtues which his mother bequeathed him. As a _Politician_, he
rendered obeisance only to his conscience. As a _Lawyer_, he never
disgraced his profession by a thought, and even honored it by his
slightest acts. The colleague of Marshall, the two now shine together as
twin stars in the often contemplated firmament of _Judicial Renown_. Not
selfish of his _Learning_, it is scattered to the uttermost parts of the
earth, and is treasured wherever it has fallen. The learning which he
borrowed from continental Europe he repaid with magnificent interest. In
Westminster Hall his name is associated with Nottingham, Hale, Mansfield,
and Stowell. Counting as dross the wealth of professional eminence, he
became from the love of it an expounder of law to its tyros. He has spread
for thousands of adopted children a banquet of the treasures of legal
lore, and next to reverencing his paternal love they cherish with profound
gratitude the memory of his slightest instructions. While the Union of his
birthplace exists, her citizens will re