For many years he maintained a copious correspondence, on matters of jurisprudence, science, and learning, with distinguished names at home and abroad: especially with Mr. Du Ponceau, at Philadelphia,--with William von Humboldt, at Berlin,--with Mittermaier, the jurist, at Heidelberg,--with Dr. Prichard, author of the Physical History of Mankind, at Bristol,--and with Lepsius, the hierologist, who wrote to him from the foot of the Pyramids, in Egypt. The death of one thus variously connected is no common sorrow. Beyond the immediate circle of family and friends, he will be mourned by the bar, among whom his daily life was passed,--by the municipality of Boston, whose legal adviser he was,--by clients, who depended upon his counsels,--by good citizens, who were charmed by the abounding virtues of his private life,--by his country, who will cherish his name more than gold or silver,--by the distant islands of the Pacific, who will bless his labors in the words they read,--finally, by the company of jurists and scholars throughout the world. His fame and his works will be fitly commemorated, on formal occasions, hereafter. Meanwhile, one who knew him at the bar and in private life, and who loves his memory, lays this early tribute upon his grave. THE SCHOLAR, THE JURIST, THE ARTIST, THE PHILANTHROPIST. AN ORATION BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY, AUGUST 27, 1846. Then I would say to the young disciple of Truth and Beauty, who would know how to satisfy the noble impulse of his heart, through every opposition of the century,--I would say, Give the world beneath your influence a _direction_ towards the good, and the tranquil rhythm of time will bring its development.--SCHILLER. In this Oration, as in that of the 4th of July, Mr. Sumner took advantage of the occasion to express himself freely, especially on the two great questions of Slavery and War. In the sensitive condition of public sentiment at that time, such an effort would have found small indulgence, if he had not placed himself behind four such names. While commemorating the dead, he was able to uphold living truth. The acceptance of this Oration at the time is attested by the toast of John Quincy Adams at the dinner of the Society:-- "The memory of the Scholar, the Jurist, the Artist, the Philanthropist; and not the memory, but the long life of the kindred spirit who has this day embalmed them all." This was followed by a letter from Mr. Adams to Mr. Sumner, dated at Quincy, August 29, 1846, containing the following passage:--