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removed, and the world was compelled to go on without him, 
while in his loneliness he awaited the inevitable. 
What will be his fame as time goes on? Upon what will it 
mainly rest? In several lines of work he achieved distinction, 
even eminence. His most enduring fame will be that of a 
student and translator of the earth’s organic history. Possibly 
in time his published work may be superseded by fuller and more 
thorough treatises. Butif he did sacrifice the future reputa-— 
tion, that required specializing and limitation, it was for the 
sake of broader scholarship and greater personal influence. Itf 
he be less influential in the printed page of future science he 
was the more powerful as a formative force in the day he lived. 
If he be less known of men in the coming years, it was to be 
better known of men while living, and to carry into the eternity 
a richer life and a broader intellect. Can we doubt whichis the 
better fame? Dr. Newberry will live in a silent but a nobler 
way than merely by printed pages, in the universe of intellectual 
and moral forces, wherein must ever be the impress of his life. 
And his best renown is in the hearts of the many, who as youne 
men and beginners in scientific work, felt his sympathy, caught. 
some of his enthusiasm, and were by him stimulated and 
invigorated for life’s work. 
Professor James IF’, Kemp presented the following letters : 
NOISE 
Letter from A. Sr. J. Newperry regarding Dr. NewsBerry’s 
ancestry : 
CLEVELAND, March 14, 1893. 
Prof. H. L. Fairchiid. 
DEAR SiR—My mother has forwarded me your letter of the 8th inst., 
requesting that Ishould give you information, so far as I can, concerning 
Prof. John Strong Newberry’s family history in America. 
I take pleasure in submitting the following statement of facts: 
Thomas Newberry, of Devonshire, England, settled in Dorchester, 
Massachusetts, about 1630. He died there about January, 1636, and his 
widow and children removed to Windsor, Connecticut. about the same 
year. His son, Capt. Benjamin Newberry, was the first named of seven 
(7) proprietors to whom Windsor was patented in 1685. He commanded 
the Military of the Colony. He left two (2) sons, Thomas, who was the 
ancestor of the Detroit and Chicago Newberrys, and Benjamin, who was 
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