intimate contact with his fellow men; this, to a man of Dr. Clark's 

 friendly disposition, must have been a heavy cross to bear, but I cannot 

 recall that he ever referred to it with the least trace of bitterness. 



His unusual robust health was reflected in his general mental outlook. 

 Whether the activity involved was his scientific work, caring for his 

 valuable stamp collection, playing tennis, or climbing his beloved New 

 Hampshire mountains, all of which were indulged in until the last year 

 of his life, Dr. Clark believed in giving the best that was in him. The only 

 times that I have seen him violently incensed about anything were on 

 those infrequent occasions when he discovered a typographical error he 

 had overlooked in one of his publications or lost a point at tennis which he 

 felt should have been his with a little additional skill or effort, and at 

 these times his anger was always directed at himself. In his scientific work, 

 he was prone to set goals and deadlines for himself and he did his best to 

 adhere to these even when it meant driving himself far into the night. 

 This is a characteristic which may seem questionable to others of us 

 acquainted with the unpredictability of taxonomic research, but it was a 

 fundamental part of Dr. Clark's nature and one which apparently sei-ved 

 him well. 



No insight into Hubert Lyman Clark's character would be complete 

 without reference to his religious activities. An ardent churchman, he 

 thoroughly believed that the Sabbath was a day to be set aside for worship 

 and human companionship. All who accompanied him on field trips will 

 recall how determined he was that Sunday, as far as he was concerned, 

 was not a day for collecting, no matter how propitious the weather or the 

 tide. 



This religious nature was at the root of his entire philosophy of life. 

 As he once expressed himself in print, he put his faith in a "confident 

 belief in oneself, in a loving God and in our fellow men as children of one 

 Father." Only on some such foundation as this did he feel that one could 

 build a satisfying personal philosophy which, in his words, "must give full 

 scope to the mind, ... set no arbitrary limits to human knowledge, . . . 

 encourage and stimulate the quest for truth and have no fear thereof 

 wherever found, . . . allow full play for the emotions, . . . [and] . . . provide 

 a fundamental motive, a driving power for an achieving life." 



Fenner a. Chace, Jr. 

 U. S. National Museum 

 July 16, 1948 



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