AUDUBOK, THE NATURALIST 9I 



my hand in liis — and he was then ony 70 years of age. 

 He had measured life by what he had done, and he 

 seemed to himself to be old. 



''It is hard to confine one's self to dates and times 

 when contemplating such a man as Audubon. He be- 

 longs to all time. He was bom, but he can never die." 



He suffered many hardships during his trips through 

 the wilderness first and last, but never complained. 



Edward B. Clark writes: ''The simple truth is spoken 

 when it is said that the Audubon societies formed for 

 the protection of the wild bird life of America are carry- 

 ing forward their work not only in the name of Audubon 

 but in the spirit which was the great naturalist's guide. 



"Some men have said that Audubon was an imprac- 

 tical man, a dreamer. Impractical he was and a dreamer, 

 too, but the world is better for its dreamers. The busi- 

 ness man of large affairs looks with a sort of pitying 

 arrogance upon the man who loves the woods rather than 

 the counting house. The man who goes to the woods 

 with a purpose in his heart has chosen the better part. 

 The impractical Audubon will live when those who called 

 him dreamer are forgotten. 



"Just as sunset was flooding the pure, snow-covered 

 landscape with golden light, at 5 o'clock on Monday, 

 January 27, 1851, the 'pard-like spirit, beautiful and 

 swift, outsoared the shadow of our night. ' ' 



