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but what is good, And from that thought strive to be understood:— These take, and now go seek thy peace in war; Who falls for love of God shall rise a star. Edward Bromfield Mason. Assistant Surgeon 14th Mass. Vols. (1st Mass. Heavy artillery), March 1, 1862; Second Lieutenant 2d Mass. Cavalry, June 4, 1863; died September 14, 1863, at Readville, Mass., of injuries received from an accident in camp. Edward Bromfield Mason was born July 2, 1837, in Boston. He was the son of William Powell and Hannah (Rogers) Mason, and the grandson of Jonathan Mason, who was United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1800 to 1803. As a boy, he was unusually attractive in person and character, uniting in an uncommon degree gentleness and warm affections with a spirit of daring and cool courage that helped him out of, as well as led him into, many difficulties. After going through the usual course of studies in various schools, at fifteen years of age he accompanied his parents to Eu