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lack of proper appliances, but he never allowed these drawbacks to 

 lower the character of his work. "When Pi'inceton's day of prosperity- 

 came, he showed that he knew how to apply money wisely, as before 

 he had been able to do grand work without it. The system of scientific 

 expeditions to the West, which has so greatly stimulated the study 

 of natural science at Princeton, and added so greatly to the treasures 

 of her museums, was organized under his direction; and the wonder- 

 ful growth of all the departments of natural science in the college 

 must be in very large measure attributed to the wisdom and foresight 

 of Guyot. 



The visible monument of Guyot's work in Princeton will always be 

 the Museum of Geology and Archaeology. He expended with consum- 

 mate skill the sums placed at his disposal by generous friends, and or- 

 ganized an enthusiastic corps of workers, so that a superb series of 

 collections has been gathered. Thus in every department of activity 

 his influence has been of the utmost service to Princeton in particular, 

 and to American science in general. 



But even this brief and imperfect sketch can not close without 

 some testimony to his noble and exalted character, modest, unselfish, 

 and devoted. " He never seemed to be thinking of himself, but al- 

 ways of his subject and his hearers. He cared very little for fame, 

 very much for the study of Nature and the education of man," * An 

 earnest and consistent Christian throughout his life, he was ever char- 

 itable and tender, never indulging in acrimonious criticism or denun- 

 ciation of those who differed even most widely from him. Always 

 liberal, he sympathized with and appreciated honest opinion on what- 

 ever side it was uttered. He was remarkable for " the beauty in his 

 daily life as well as for his nobly finished work." There is little cause 

 for grief in the quiet close of such a splendid, useful, and complete 

 career as this ; nevertheless, we must mourn our irreparable loss, sor- 

 rowinsc most of all that we shall see his face no more. 



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* " Science," he. cit. 



