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in snow, the men gave three cheers to the two comrades who 

 were going forth for rescue, the last words from the already clos- 

 ing grave were these: 'When you get to New York, remember 

 me.' Yes, we do remember them. We remember their gallantry, 

 their courage to dare, and still higher courage to endure. 



' There is no man with capacity for growth who is not made 

 better and stronger by contemplation of the characteristic bravery 

 and will of these gentlemen and their dead comrades. It is these 

 things which spring directly out of human nature which touch a 

 sympathetic chord in every man's heart, where a Newton or a 

 Kepler are cold abstractions. It is because these gentlemen have 

 shown us in themselves the very types of courage and unselfish 

 devotion, that this city and this country welcome them with a joy 

 which is tempered only with grief for the loss of the brave men 

 who will come home no more.' 



Chief Engineer Isherwood said that Melville's brother engi- 

 neers were not surprised when they read of his exploits. He did 

 precisely what they should have expected from him. Engineers 

 were trained to grapple with and overcome the forces of nature. 

 The chief distinction between the ancient and the modern civil- 

 izations, lay in the fact that the ancients had no engineers. 



Judge Brady remarked that in the navy it was impossible to 

 get on without hatchways, and introduced Uncle Rufus Hatch, 

 inviting him to say whether he was a ' bull ' or a ' bear ' on engi- 

 neering. The Wall street sage made some amusing references 

 to his recent trip through the Northwest, and apropos des lottes 

 remarked that ' all of us ' would have at the end of our lives a 

 little obituary notice in the Herald provided the survivors were 

 able to pay for it. But when all ordinary obituaries had been for- 

 gotten, the names of Melville and his companions would still be 

 fresh and brilliant in the pages of the history of heroism, and 

 would be pointed to with pride by their posterity. 



Senator Jones was then called upon to respond in behalf of 

 the United States Senate. He delivered a glowing eulogy upon 

 the heroism and self-sacrifice of the men of the Jeannette. As 

 dangers thickened, and the chances of life decreased, he said, the 

 humanity and fellowship of the sufferers increased. Those whom 

 God permitted to survive did not save themselves at the expense 

 of their fellow-sufferers. This was the highest manifestation of 



