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five decades to pass before tliey originated an effort to 

 express in some form their veneration for his memory ? 

 Well, is it not a striking evidence of the vitality of the 

 affection with which his memory is cherished that you, 

 sir, should, in the name of many besides, pay the 

 eloquent tribute you have paid to him — and that we, 

 many of us having no recollection whatever of him, 

 associate ourselves with you in paying honour ungrudg- 

 ingly and freely to the distinguished teacher, to the 

 distinguished scientist, and to the man greatly beloved. 

 It shall be the care of the University to guard the token 

 of that honour which you have presented. And from 

 the walls of this College it shall speak to generations to 

 come of one whom all may follow in the love and 

 service of truth ; and following whom, " all may have, 

 if they dare choose, a glorious life or glorious grave." 



Professor Trail, who at the outset read a letter of 

 apology for absence from INIr. Robert Walker, secretary 

 of the University Court, said — I did not know Professor 

 MacGillivray personally, but I have learned to know 

 him in a way that, I think, perhaps not very many know 

 him, through his works ; and through these I have 

 learned to revere the man and to love his memory, and 

 to join heart and soul in the movement that has been 

 carried through so far. I regret that we have not been 

 able to provide — I will not say a more fitting memorial, 

 but one that would have appealed more directly to the 

 students to encourage them to follow in his footsteps. 

 They will find it difficult to emulate him. While still 



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