SAMUEL PTERPONT LANGLEY. 538 



But this memorial, inadequate as it may be, must draw to a close. 

 I have been able to faintly trace the lines of a great mind and a great 

 soul, one that left a powerful impress upon the knowledge and think- 

 ing of the country in which he was born and the time in which he 

 lived, and his name and his fame are l)ound to be handed down 

 through all posterity. Yet he valued these labors and the results 

 which sprung from them but little when compared with the affection 

 of his kin and of his friends — affections not many in number nor 

 easily obtained, for he Avas, as I have said, a shy man ; l)ut he gave in 

 full measure his confidence and Ins love to those whoui he called 

 friend. 



A long life filled with many perplexities left his soul white. This 

 Xation and the world at large is the i-icher for the life of this 

 great man. 



