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and microscopical science one of its brightest ornaments. For 

 sagaciousness in the interpretation of the disclosures of this in- 

 strument, and for conversance with the whole vast field of its 

 explorations, they look upon Dr. Carpenter as without a superior, 

 and almost without a peer. 



2. The members of this Society gratefully acknowledge their 

 individual indebtedness to Dr. Carpenter for the guidance, 

 stimulus, and instruction furnished by his great work, " The 

 Microscope and its Revelations." They revere, besides, his 

 genial personal qualities, which, while he was their guest one 

 evening in the fall of 1882, bound him to them in the bonds of 

 a delightful and enduring remembrance. 



B. Braman, 

 New York, Dec. 18th, 1885. J. L. Zabriskie, 



Jno. L. Wall, 



Cotnmittee. 



