Fall Term AD 1899
                   Thursday Dec 14th
nobler and grander traits of mans nature, so that except upon occasions of this
kind when the tender chords of the heart are touched does the mind turn
back over the pathway of the lives of others together up, the flowers
strewn along it, that they may be presented to the relatives and friends;
but without hearts touched and softened we are bad for a time to study
the better part of human character and forget the trivial things considered
during our daily intercourse with each other
    Man is not perfect: the deceased brother of whom we speak to
day was but a man. He like others may have made mistakes but they
were of such insignificance that soon they will be lost to memory:
while on the other hand the nobler and better points of his character
were many and well marked and of a nature to impress themselves
vividly upon the minds of all who were intimately acquainted
with him. Judge Foster was a brilliant advocate; he was more
than this, he was a profound and learned lawyer; his learning was
not confined to one branch of the law, he was equally ready &
equally admirable in every branch. His industry was extra ordinary
and his capacity for labor was really phenomenal. While he was
quick & bright he was also cultivated solid and logical, and the weapons
with which he was equipped for the battle of life were sharp and
strong and with them he won a fame as a jurist and judge that
will shine like a star above his grave
   He was in full possession of his mental and physical
faculties when the summons came. He had attained dis-
tinction at that period in life when most others begin to
attain it. While he was yet looking into the red of the morning
the evening had grown around him and the night came
and gathered him in its folds. His loss to the legal profession
and to the State is great, to his friends and family beyond
estimate, but to all let the hope come that the teardrop
of sorrow that is shed to day will be caught up and made
to glow and sparkle in the rainbow of promise of tomorrow
without which hope life's burdens and charges would be
inbearable and let friends and family all know that his
name will be treasured tenderly by the surviving
members of the profession he loved so well and "that
his memorial shall not depart away"
Resolved
      That the members of the Gainesville Bar have
received with profound sorrow intelligence of the death of
                  Eleazer K. Foster
who for many years was distinguished practitioner 
in the Courts of this State