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is addressed to human intelligence and human sympathy by the God 

 of Nature and of Providence, and by the actual condition, the wants 

 and the welfare, and the manifold activities and relations of mankind. 



He was a scientific man, but not that alone. In recognizing the 

 relations of his intellect to nature, he did not allow himself to become 

 so absorbed in them as to forget the higher relations of mind and 

 heart to God, and the broader and the closer relations of both to 

 society. 



In the imminent danger of his country, he was no mere ingenious 

 Archimedes. He never would have met an irruption of hostile and 

 triumphant soldiery into his house with a "nolite turbare circuJos 

 meos." He was no literary recluse. He had no affinity of character 

 with such a man as Joseph Scaliger. He could not have been so 

 engrossed in the study of Homer as not to have been aware of such a 

 scene as the massacre of St. Bartholomew's eve, or of his own hair- 

 breadth escape from the common butchery, until the day subsequent 

 to the catastrophe. 



He observed, he studied, he thought, he felt, he acted; but he 

 was no mere observer, no mere student, no mere thinker, no mere 

 sentimentalist, no mere agitator or drudge, no mere fragment of 

 humanity, however sharp, or polished, or brilliant. He was a whole- 

 souled, large-minded, living man, recognizing his practical relations 

 to man and God, as well as his intellectual relations to nature and 

 truth. His highest ambition and most fervent prayer undoubtedly 

 were, to be a true man and an earnest Christian, rather than a savan 

 or a philosopher, to have his name written among the wise who shall 

 shine as the brightness of the firmament, rather than emblazoned on 

 the records of human science and learning. To him, as to Solomon, 

 God gave more than he asked. 



Philadelphia, November 18, 1864. 



The death of Dr. Heinrich Rose was announced by the 

 Secretary, as having taken place at Berlin on the 27th of 

 January last, at the age of sixty-eight years and five 

 months. 



The minutes of the last Stated Meeting of the Board of 

 Officers and Council were read. 

 And the Society was adjourned. 



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