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we ought to attach vast value to the men who with calmness and de- 

 termination seek toe truth, in its wholeness, on whatever line of. 

 investigation, not diluting it or masking it. 



Their zeal, their devotion, their faith, furnish one of those very pro- 

 tests which are most needed against that low tone of political ideas 

 which in its lower strata is political corruption. Their life gives that very- 

 example of a high spirit, aim, and work, which the time so greatly needs. 



In this view, then, sir, do I most heartily welcome our friend as a 

 strong leader not only in scientific, but in political and general prog- 

 ress. His influence has spread far beyond his lecture-room ; nay, it 

 shall spread far beyond those who have read or shall read his lectures. 



I might speak of his quickening influence on one body of men five 

 hundred strong assembled in one of our newer institutions of learning. 

 But that influence extends far beyond those who stand in institutions 

 of learning. The reverence for scientific achievement, the revelation 

 of the hisjh honors which are in store for those who seek for truth in 

 science the inevitable comparison between a life devoted to that great 

 pure search, on one hand, and a life devoted to place-hunting or pelf- 

 grasping on the other all these shall come to the mincls of thoughtful 

 men in lonely garrets of our cities, in remote cabins on our prairies, 

 and thereby shall come strength and hope for higher endeavor. 



And, Mr. Chairman, as this influence for good spreads and strength- 

 ens, I have faith that gratitude will bring in results for political good 

 of yet another kind. 



Many predecessors of our friend have, as literary men, strengthened 

 the ties that bind together the old land and the new; and I trust that 

 love, admiration, and gratitude, between men of science on both sides 

 the Atlantic, which our guest has done so much to arouse, may add 

 new cords and give strength to old cords which unite the hearts of the 

 two great English-speaking nations. 



DISCOVERY OF MOUNT TYNDALL. 1 



By Prof. WILLIAM H. BKEWER, 



OF THE TALE SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL. 



MY DEAR SIR : In answer to yours of the 6tb, I may say that, 

 beinp- familiar with all the circumstances relating to the discov- 

 ery and naming of Mount Tyndall, I was asked to respond to a toast 

 alluding to this, at the dinner given in honor of Prof. Tyndall on the 

 4th, but which want of time prevented being called for. You now 

 ask me for an abstract of what I intended to say. I will give it 

 (as nearly as I can), and this the more willingly, as his success, as a 

 1 Letter to Prof. Mayer, Secretary to Committee of the Tyndall Banquet. 



