120 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



beneficiaries, which indicate a clear head and an enlarged and 



generous purpose. A great writer has said: 



"The evil which men do lives after them; 

 The good is oft interred with their bones." 



This is no unmeaning platitude, but it can be said in truth that 

 it does not apply to him of whom we are speaking. 



It may be siid by some that our late member, in the bestowal 

 of his gifts, was governed by a common weakness, the desire to 

 perpetuate his name. Concede this, and what then? Is this 

 unnatural, or is this an exceptional case? It is safe to say that 

 the world will readily forgive a vanity which exhibits so noble a 

 form of expression. It is equally safe to assert that the name 

 of James Lick deserves and will receive an honorable place on 

 the roll of great public benefactors; and that those who succeed 

 us in the affairs of this Academy, and who will be especially 

 benefited by the means and facilities for scientific research 

 through the considerate bounty of James Lick, and who will 

 thereby be enabled to contribute something to " the sum of 

 human knowledge," will ever hold his name in grateful remem- 

 brance. 



The following resolutions, offered by Mr. Stearns, were 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the members of the California Academy of Sciences have 

 learned of the death of their fellow member, friend and benefactor, James 

 Lick, and will ever hold his name in grateful remembrance. 



Resolved, That the Academy of Sciences accepts the invitation of the Society 

 of California Pioneers, and will attend the funeral in a body; and it is further 



Resolved, That a suitable record of the death of James Lick be entered in 

 the minutes and published in the proceedings, and that the Academy do now 

 adjourn, without transacting further business. 



