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of piscicultural science under his guidance gave to the United States 

 the foremost place among the nations in maintaining and increasing 

 the aquatic food supply by artificial means; and it was no perfunctory 

 tribute when, in 1880, at the International Fishery Exhibition held in 

 Berlin, Emperor William awarded the grand prize to Baird as ' the 

 first fish-culturist in the world.' 



The spirit of Baird influences the Bureau of Fisheries to-day, as 

 it does all other institutions with which he was associated; and since 

 his death, nearly twenty years ago, the good that has been accomplished 

 in the interest of fish-culture and the fishing industry, and in the con- 

 duct and encouragement of scientific work, has been in consequence of 

 the foundations he laid, the policy he enunciated and the example 

 he set. 



But conspicuous as were his services to science and mankind; 

 faithful and unselfish as was his devotion to the executive responsi- 

 bilities imposed on him; beautiful as was his personal character, I 

 conceive that his most enduring fame may result from the enthusiasm 

 with which he inspired others and the encouragement and opportunity 

 that he afforded to all earnest workers. The recipients of his aid can 

 be numbered by hundreds, and many of them are to-day his worthy 

 successors in various fields; and their places in turn will gradually 

 be taken by a vast number of men and women who will perpetuate 

 his memory by efficiently and reverently continuing his work. 



This evidence of the donor's beneficence is a noble and impressive 

 memorial of one who merited his country's profoundest gratitude; 

 but the bust signifies something more, for it is a recognition of that 

 zeal, fidelity, self-sacrifice, intelligence and strength in the American 

 character so preeminently typified by Spencer Fullerton Baird. 



Joseph Leidy 



By Professor WILLIAM KEITH BROOKS 



JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 



Joseph Leidy was born in Philadelphia, there he passed his three 

 score years and ten, and there he died. For forty-five years he was 

 an officer of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, and a 

 professor in the University of Pennsylvania for forty years. His 

 character was simple and earnest, and he had such a modest opinion 

 of his talents and of his work that the honors and rewards that began 

 to come to him in his younger days, from learned societies in all parts 

 of the world, and continued to come for the rest of his life were an 

 unfailing surprise to him. 



His knowledge of anatomy, and zoology, and botany, and min- 



