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worlds ; and -while ho has brought down the suns and 

 stars that we may study tb'm with him, their study, 

 with his genius and learning as our guide, i ia3 taught us 

 not to admire ouly, but also to adore. 



In parting with Prof. Proctor -we give him the as- 

 surance of our grateful appreciation of his labors in tlie 

 United States, our hearty coii.srratulations on t!io success 

 which has attended him through the 103 lectures he has 

 delivered in his journey of Biz months, and regretting 

 that he is constrained to leave us (for a season only, we 

 trust), we wish him a pleasant voyatre, under propitious 

 skies, an unclouded sun and favoring stars, ;md bid him 

 to-night a respectful and aCectionate farewell. [Ap- 

 plause.] 



I shall now have the pleasure to say that the audience 

 will listen to a few remarks from Prof. Newbeiry, to be 

 followed by Prof. Hitchcock. 



Prof. J. S. Newberry of the School of Mines of Colum- 

 bia College, in accordance with this introduction, spoke 

 as follows : 



REMARKS BY PROF. NEWBERRY. 

 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : In consenting to say a word 

 in support f tbe resolutions which have been laid 

 before you, I felt at first that I had committed myself to 

 a great impropriety ; for If you look over the whole list 

 of sciences, you will know that the one I am devoted to 

 Is at the other extreme, and that it has been far from 

 the theme of Prof. Proctor's lectures, which have been 

 showing to you the wonders of the heavens, and carry- 

 ing yon from sun to sun and from star to star, while I 

 am chained to the earth, and not only so, but am com- 

 pelled to del ve deep down into the mines that aro sunk 

 in its substance. And so while I could not refuse to say 

 the word that was asked of me, and thought that the 

 choice was one not fitting to be made, I think that 

 perhaps in another sense it is not unfitting in Its 

 propriety ; for at the infinite remove I am from the 

 euitjects which have been brought before you, knowing 

 that I have derived pleasure and light from the interest- 

 ing lectures 1 have been permitted to listen to, I might 

 take it for granted that the interest extends through all 

 the ranks of scientific men, as if from some dark and 

 remote corner of this audience there should come to you 

 some echo of this appreciation and interest. [Applause.] 

 So I take extreme pleasure in saying that I have listened 

 not only with interest but with great profit, and that I 

 am greatly indebted to Prof. Proctor for giving me so 

 clearly and lucidly the last word upon the 

 structure of the universe, tho last word of what wo 

 know of the structure of tho universe : and it would re- 

 quire no ercat stretch of imagination to say that I can 

 v.r.ive into my studies of tho structure of tlie earth 

 what ho tells us about the structure of the far distant 

 ortm, inasmuch as ho has shown that one plan pervad es 

 tho whole, and th.it nearly tho same substances are in 

 them, and that they are controlled i>v tho same forces. 

 Therefore iinlividii. illy, as a geologist to him as an as- 

 tronomer, and as a member of th" audiences which have 

 listened to him, I am sure that I only < \pres-t your feel- 

 ings when I echo the gratitude which has been ex- 

 pressed, and the Rood wishes for his safe return home 

 and also for his speedy return to us. [Applau.-e.] 



REMARKS OF PROF. HITCHCOCK. 



Tho Rev. Ur. IlitchcocU then added a fe.w words. I 

 am not sure, said hi', but I shall learn wisdom by and 

 by, find decline invitations to meet the [enlli'ine:i in that 

 Side morn. [I/iu-hter.] I came here, to-ni-ht without 

 the slightest idea <>f being called upon to say a word. I 

 represent, without prt-iration , the science which tlie 



eloquent lecturer of tho ever.ing will admit to be the 

 mysterious queen of all the sciences. I have been re- 

 minded this evening, as I sat listening, of that striking 

 remark of Emanuel Kant, the great metaphysical phi- 

 losopher, to this effect: "There are two things that I 

 stand in awe of the starry depths, and the sense of re- 

 sponsibility in man." It has been a dictum of philoso- 

 phy : " I think, therefore, I am "cogito eryo sum. 

 What follows from the fact that wo think infinitely! 

 The infinite thought pledges infinity of being to us in the 

 time to come. 



A word has been said by Prof. Newbcrry about the 

 science that is beneath our feet, so to speak, in contrast 

 with tho science which is above our heads the science 

 of the microscope in contrast with the science of the 

 telescope. That reminded me of the teaching of tho 

 Great Augustin of the Fifth C3iitury, who, speaking o' 

 God, said : " Great in groat tain ,M (i:tf/>ius in magnis); 

 greatest in the littlest (in minimis w.ixiinus)." Those 

 who have heard Prof. Proctor will bo only too glad to 

 welcome his return to this land, and we shall all give 

 him a hearty poodby, and shall follow him in imagina- 

 tion, not to the May-poles, I suppose, of Merrio England, 

 but to greener grass and a sorter sky than he leaves be- 

 hind him. God bless him on his voyage. [Long ap- 

 plause.] 



MR. PROCTOR'S PARTING WORDS. 

 Prof. Proctor then rose and advanced to tho front of 

 the platform, and was.received with great applause. Ho 

 said : I/idies and <jutlemen, I do not remembar ever to 

 have felt feelings so strangely blended as those that I 

 recognize at tho present tirna. I cannot say that I am 

 sorry to go home. You can conceive that after an ab- 

 sence of six mouths from my own house, quite apart 

 from all questions, all thoughts of revisiting England 

 and I am an Englishman at the heart quit'j apart from 

 all those thoughts, the very thought of going home 

 again to my wife and children would be one that natu- 

 rally must mako mo feel glad. [Applause.] But, on the 

 other hand, I can say unall^ctedly that I feel a true fecl- 

 iug of sorrow at the thought of pariiug with the Ameri- 

 can friends that I have mad.-, or rather that have wel- 

 comed me as friends on this side of tho Atlantic. To 

 say that I have niado friends would be to indi- 

 cate qualities in mo that I do not possess; 

 but I have experienced friendship ; that is 

 rather tho way in which. I would put it. I 

 have experienced friendship on all bands and kindness 

 from every one tho whole, time I nave, been here. It lias 

 seemed to bo the common thought of a-il I met, not 

 merely to show kindness, to help, but from one and tho 

 other I have had Kindness and help, as though my plans 

 and purposes were tho very oi ject in existence of those 

 gentlemen who assisted me. Then Profs. Morton, 

 Younians. and but why should I mention names, why 

 make invidious distinciionsl Everywhere Ihrouyhout 

 tho length and bread I h I was going to say of the hind; 

 but I did not visit tho wiiole; I visited the leiiL-th and 

 bieadth of a largo section, but do not spoaK of tho dis- 

 tance from iho West to California, or from St. Louis to 

 New-Orleans and Florida, fortlio.se regions still remain 

 unvisiiod, but all tho other se /lions of tho land that I 

 V i,j;,.d iiroui;liout tho length and breadth of it, 

 I have- had nothing hut kindni's-i. 



Then ngaiu, I have had an opportunity of see- 

 ing tho way in which science is progressing in 

 this country; and to tho student of science there 

 is something pt culi.-irly hopeful as to tho manner 

 in which science is pursued in tlits country. The 

 Xfce present condition oi this land, its advancing 



