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Geographical Society of London, the Zoological Society of London, and the Marine 

 Biological Society of the United Kingdom. 



The crowning glory of these later years is not, however, the honours which 

 come his way. It is the stream of publications which flowed from his pen, always in 

 association with William C. Schroeder, about fishes. This flow shows no attenua- 

 tion with time; it reached, in fact, its spate after retirement from academic duty, as a 

 glance at the appended bibliography will show. The handsome monographs on the 

 Fishes of the North-western Atlantic show where his heart really lies, for he was 

 free to follow its guidance once he had played his part in putting American Oceano- 

 graphy on its feet. 



Henry Bryant Bigelow, we greet you on this the twenty-fifth anniversary of 

 the opening of the laboratory of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. " We '" 

 are the authors of the papers appended hereto. If they are diverse in subject matter 

 it is because you are catholic in the interests we share in common. If they appear 

 disconnected it is because we have individually failed to achieve the physical, chemical, 

 and biological unity to which you have encouraged us to aspire. " We " are also 

 many others who have been unable to contribute a paper, for reasons which you can 

 comprehend, but who none the less wish to join in this testimonial. 



You have broadened the vision, sharpened the perception, fortified the deter- 

 mination, simplified the outlook, improved the standards, and corrected the folly 

 of each of us. We continue to come to you for counsel. You have always been your 

 own excuse for being, and to all of us it is a joy to be with you. 



We hope that what is written will not offend your Yankee reticence. We know it 

 will not inflate your pride, for that is built of something tough. You are an "* indivi- 

 dual " and we have hailed you as something of a prophet. That is a combination 

 from which legends grow. Your legend can afford to be correct; it is not necessary 

 to exaggerate the truth. We have followed your precepts in setting down what can 

 be learned about you from the written word and the observed fact. In the inferences 

 drawn and the judgments passed we hope we have not stuck the neck out too far. 

 We will be happy if this volume pleases you. 



