Excerpt from The Wholesome Life: A Sermon in Memory of Charles Grout Preached in the Unitarian Church at Newton Centre Massachusetts, 31 March, 1889He was married, on November 14, 1866, to Miss Clara M. Bassett of Chelsea, who, together with a daughter, survives him.He was a resident of Chelsea until his removal to Newton Centre in 1886.He was for many years a member of the Mercantile Library Association, of the Boston Merchants' Association, and of other organizations.In business he was conservative without being timid, -a valu able characteristic in a business man. In religion he was a Uni tarian. He did not accept public office, but was always much interested in public and social affairs. A hard worker, he found time occasionally for short excursions into the woods with dog and gun. In manner retiring, he led a quiet, busy, and cheerful life. Keeping always in the line of progress, he held it for his chief rule of living to do his part of the world's work and give others a chance to do theirs.He was buried from his residence in Newton Centre on March 30, the service being conducted by the Reverend J. B. Green, his former pastor, and the Reverend H. L. Wheeler, pastor of the Church of which he was a member during the last years of his life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.