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sensitive to criticism, but he never cherished any malice, and 
his disagreements with other men were not of a bitter and 
enduring nature. A personal interview would always disarm 
him. He was exceedingly affable and considerate of the feelings 
of others, in the truest sense a gentleman, and his really fine 
nature was best shown by the gentleness and considerateness 
with which he always treated those beneath him in position, 
and the very humblest in his employ. This sweetness of manner 
seems to have been a characteristic of the man from his youth. 
Dr. Newberry was not a fighting scientist, nor a debater. 
His temper was too fine and sensitive to enjoy conflict with 
men. He keenly felt any injustice, but only in private was he 
likely to tell his feeling or speak his mind of opposition. He 
was not a politician, nor a schemer, and never sought to use 
men for his own purposes. He was pleased with praise and 
appreciated the honors which came to him in justly large meas- 
ure. He had a proper amount of self-esteem, some personal 
vanity and much true dignity, and was naturally sensitive, 
genercus and affectionate. He had a passion for music, and 
his violin was a sympathetic companion on his early expeditions. 
He also had an artistic sense, and many illustrations of scenery 
and fossils in his reports were drawn by himself. 
Upon the exploring expeditions, from 1855 to 1860, Dr. New- 
berry was of necessity separated from his family. His labors 
on the Sanitary Commission, 1861 to 1865, also kept him away 
from his home, and subsequently for twenty years at Columbia 
College, with his family in Cleveland or abroad, he had rooms 
in the old college building, and lived an irregular and somewhat 
lonely life. 
HIS FAME, 
The ending of his life was inexpressibly sad. He was stricken 
down while vigorous in mind, and with youthful feeling and 
ambition, and when many years might well have been anticipated 
for work and enjoyment; in the midst of work which he loved 
and upon which he felt that much fame rested. For two years 
he was compelled to be the helpless witness of his own impo- 
tence. We may not know the mental agony of those long 
months when his body refused to obey his will, and he was 
conscious of his departing intellectual powers. Some of us 
saw him during those months, and our love and admiration 
were increased as we beheld the proud, sensitive spirit trying 
to be cheerful and brave and hopeful when there could be no 
hope. From the scientific and social circles he was suddenly 
