234 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Such is the faint outline of a man whose name is indelibly written 

 with those who have been most eminent in this wonderful asre of sci- 

 entitle activity. The Academy claims the privilege, in common with 

 the learned societies with which he was associated throughout the civ- 

 ilized world, to express its sorrow for his death, and to offer its tribute 

 of honor to his memory. 



The Academy now consists of » 



153 Resident Fellows, 

 78 Associate Fellows, and 

 71 Foreign Honorary Members. 



Of tlie Foreign Honorary Members 



26 belong to the First Class, 



26 « « Second Class, and 



19 " " Third Class. 



Of the Associate Fellows, 



32 belong to the First Class, 



29 " « Second Class, and 



17 " « Third Class. 



Of the 153 Resident Fellows, 



45 are ranked in the First Class, 



46 « " « Second Class, and 

 62 « " « Third Class. 



Their distribution into the several sections need not here be detailed ; 

 for the printed list, newly revised, is just now issued. 



A clause in the statute. Chap. I. § 2, makes it " the duty of this 

 Council " " to exert its influence to obtain and preserve a due propor- 

 tion in the number of Fellows in each of the Sections." In view of 

 which, the Council venture to call attention to the fact, that the First 

 and Second Classes of the Resident Fellows are as nearly equal as 

 possible, while the Third Class, instead of one third, now comprises two 

 fifths of the Resident Fellows. 



Professor Agassiz then said : — 



"Gentlemen, — I have been requested to present on this occasion 

 some remarks upon the scientific career of Humboldt. So few days 

 have elapsed since the sad news reached our shore, that I have had no 

 time to prepare an elaborate account of that wonderful career, and I 

 am not myself in a condition in which I could have done it, being 



