Memoir of George Br own Goode. 6 1 



thereby, and in the large circle of friends he had, scarcely one did not at 

 one time or other come to Mr. Goode for advice and sympathy upon his 

 own private affairs. He was an intensely loyal American patriot, ever 

 careful that nothing should be said or done that should in anyway reflect 

 upon his country. He was especially devoted to Virginia and never hap- 

 pier than when he could spend a few days on her soil, looking over a 

 historic house or copying some of the records which he hoped to turn to 

 advantage in his historical studies. 



" He is remembered," says Doctor Dall, "as one never weary of well- 

 doing ; who reached the heights, though ever aiming higher ; whose 

 example stimulated and whose history will prove a lasting inspiration. ' ' 



"As a public-spirited naturalist," says Professor Osborn, "he leaves us 

 the tender memory and the noble example, which helps us and will help 

 many coming men into the higher conception of duty in the service and 

 promotion of the truth. We can not forget his smile nor his arm passing 

 through the arm of his friend. ' ' 



I have never known a more perfectly sincere and loyal character than 

 Doctor Goode's, or a man who, with better judgment of other men or 

 greater ability in molding their purposes to his own, used these powers 

 to such uniformly disinterested ends, so that he could maintain the dis- 

 cipline of a great establishment like the National Museum while still 

 retaining the personal affection of every subordinate. 



I have scarcely alluded to his family life, for of his home we are not 

 to speak here, further than to say that he was eminently a domestic 

 man, finding the highest joys that life brought him with his family and 

 children. 



He has gone ; and on the road where we are all going there has not 

 preceded us a man who lived more for others, a truer man, a more loyal 

 friend. 



