lvili Mr. Pickering’s Eulogy on 
living” ;* and among those traits of his character, which called forth 
Dr. Bowditch’s warmest admiration, was his inflexible sense of 
justice towards other men of science; for, as his eloquent eulogist 
says of him, “throughout his writings, whenever he adduces an 
important theorem, he gives due credit to the original author of it ; 
and when he corrects the ideas of his predecessors or contem- 
poraries, it is always done with that deference which is due to 
genius.” f 
Immediately upon the publication of the first volume of Dr. Bow- 
ditch’s Translation and Commentary he received, from distinguished 
mathematicians and astronomers of England, France, Germany, and 
Italy, the most gratifying testimonials of the great service he had 
rendered to science, and of the ability which he had displayed 
throughout the work; and, if time would permit us to indulge our- 
selves in this honorable pride, it would be interesting to you to 
listen to them, as it has been gratifying to my own feelings to review 
them in the numerous letters on the files of his correspondence ; f 
but I must forbear asking your attention to any farther details on 
this occasion. 
Such is the noble work accomplished by Dr. Bowditch, and on 
which his fame, as a man of science, is ultimately to rest; and, 
assuredly, the most lofty ambition could not desire a more solid 
and lasting monument ; a monument, which will endure as long as 
there shall be left a remnant of the human race to contemplate 
the mighty fabric of those heavenly systems, whose structure and 
laws are inscribed upon it. 
The scientific reputation of Dr. Bowditch had been so long 
* North American Review, Vol. XX. p. 363. 
+ Delambre, Notice, etc., p. Ixxxviil. 
t See Note J, at the end. 
