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cut short his scientific career. He was able, however, to enjoy 
the society of his immediate friends and to keep up an interest 
in his favorite pursuits quite to the close, which occurred from 
an apoplectic attack, on the morning of the 1st of November 
last. 
Dr. Lindley was a man of marked character. While his 
biographer declared that “he was hot in temper and impa- 
tient of opposition,” he no less truly adds that, ‘‘ on the other 
hand, he had the warmest of hearts and the most generous of 
dispositions.” He seemed as incapable of cherishing a resent- 
ment, as of repressing the expression of indignation for what 
he thought wrong ; and if at times he made enemies, he was 
almost sure in time to convert his enemies into friends. 
