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and unobtrusive life, yet lie attained a highly creditable standing in 

 the profession. On the sixteenth of January, 1863, he was elected a 

 member of the American Philosopliical Society, to whose Transactions and 

 Proceedings he afterwards became a diligent contributor. He occupied 

 for a time the Chair at the University of Pennsylvania, rendered vacant 

 by the death of Prof. Fraser, and, in 1871, became Professor of Natural 

 Sciences in llaverford College, and remained a member of the faculty of 

 that congenial institution until his death, occupying, after 1875, the Chair 

 of Philosophy and Logic, then established. In 1876 he received the hon- 

 orary degree of LL.D. from Haverford, on the ground of "his attain- 

 ments and original researches in Mental and Physical Philosophy," Two 

 years later, in the summer of 1878, after a severe illness, which resulted 

 in the partial paralysis of one foot, and sensibly abated his physical vigor, 

 he removed from Philadelphia to reside in the cottage on the beautiful 

 grounds, in a bit of natural forest, adjoining the magnificent avenue of 

 maples which forms the approach to Haverford College, On this charm- 

 ing spot, in the midst of sweet pastoral scenes, abounding in vegetable 

 life, he had an excellent opportunity to indulge his taste for botany, a 

 favorite pursuit. In 1884 lie received the appointment of Lecturer on 

 Psychology ^and Logic at Bryn Mawr College for Women. He prepared 

 the syllabus and notes for the first course of lectures, which he was to have 

 delivered in the winter of 1885-6, but was never able to deliver them, 

 being overtaken by his final illness during that season. A sharp attack of 

 pneumonia sapped the foundations of a vitality already much undermined, 

 and although he partially recovered and resumed his duties at Haverford, 

 the end was evidently drawing near. During the brief interval of life 

 that remained and in consequence of the absence in Europe of his brother 

 Thomas, who was President of Haverford College, he was made Acting 

 President of that Institution, and held that position when death came, 

 presiding at the Annual Commencement of 1886. His name had been 

 prominently mentioned for the Presidency of Bryn Mawr College at the 

 time of its organization, but the precarious state of his health forbade, 

 although his eminent scholarship, the variety of his learning, and his pre- 

 vious experience in Young Ladies' Schools, strongly commended him for 

 that position. 



As a College Professor, he was clear in his demonstrations and attractive ; 

 and many are the testimonies of affection and respect borne by his former 

 students, accompanied by acknowledgments of the important influence 

 of his teachings upon their lives. As a disciplinarian, he was mild and 

 easy, inspiring his pupils with love rather than fear ; indeed the latter was 

 not an ingredient in his system at all ; he governed purely by gentle 

 suasion. 



Such is the simple record of a quiet life, the annals of which display no 

 startling passages. If modesty were the opposite of greatness, then he 

 was not great. But there was an unusual combination of great and good 

 qualities in his mind and character, and one of its most conspicuous traits 



