CHARLES SEDGWICK MINOT. 847 



transferred to a more suitable situation, or l)avin<? developed some 

 uncommon and interesting characteristic. lie was most generous 

 with his plants, delighting to assist young beginners in horticulture. 

 Through the wood along the brook there wandered a simple path, 

 along the sides of which were many flowering plants collected from the 

 swamps and fields, each in the situation best adapted for its growth 

 and display; as a mass of dog toothed violets at the base of a decayed 

 stump o\ergrown with moss, or a yellow mass of marsh marigolds 

 intermingled with the beautiful though maloderous swamp cabbage. 



I first became acquainted with Minot through the series of excel- 

 lent articles on anatomy of the uterus and the changes associated with 

 pregnancy, which were pu])li3hed in 1886 in the Handbook of the 

 Medical Sciences, to which I also contributed. He was at all times a 

 delightful companion, always loyal as a friend, sympathetic and 

 helpful. He never hesitated to testify to his friendship. He \vas in 

 all things generous, in helping younger men both materially and other- 

 wise, a hospitable host, one who knew how to make a guest feel that 

 he contributed to the pleasure of the host. He spoke well on most 

 subjects, as an impromptu speaker thought came clearly and quickly 

 and was expressed in simple language and without hesitation. 



In June, 1889, he married Lucy Fosdick of Groton, Mass., in whom 

 he found a sympathetic, helpful companion, and those who knew 

 INIinot will always associate her in their thoughts of him. 



Science has been enriched by his life; in devising instruments which 

 facilitated work, in teaching and inculcating good methods, in the 

 research he i^ersonally conducted, and in his masterful method of 

 presenting the work of others he added to the sum of knowledge and 

 made its pursuit more profitable. He was a good patriotic citizen 

 with high ideals of civic duty. He increased the joy of liA-ing by bring- 

 ing to many people a richer and fuller sense of the beauty of living 

 things; the world is a better place by his having lived. 



In the preparation of this Memoir I have made use of the Memoirs 

 by Frederick T. Lewis, by H. H. Donaldson, and by Charles "W. Eliot. 



W. T. Councilman. 



