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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  19 
  2 
  9 
  

  

  the 
  last 
  days 
  before 
  sailing 
  for 
  Africa. 
  There 
  was 
  striking 
  dispro- 
  

   portion 
  between 
  the 
  slight 
  body 
  and 
  the 
  dynamic 
  energy 
  which 
  

   characterized 
  Noguchi's 
  years 
  of 
  devotion 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  passion 
  of 
  his 
  

   life 
  — 
  science. 
  

  

  During 
  Noguchi's 
  eventful 
  life, 
  learned 
  societies 
  and 
  governments 
  

   may 
  almost 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  vied 
  with 
  one 
  another 
  in 
  doing 
  him 
  honor. 
  

   The 
  emperor 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  country 
  decorated 
  him 
  twice; 
  in 
  1915, 
  on 
  his 
  

   only 
  return 
  to 
  his 
  native 
  country, 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  haUed 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  famous 
  Japanese 
  of 
  all 
  time; 
  and 
  again 
  after 
  his 
  death, 
  in 
  

   special 
  recognition 
  of 
  his 
  eminence 
  and 
  meritorious 
  service 
  to 
  the 
  

   cause 
  of 
  science, 
  the 
  Order 
  of 
  the 
  Rising 
  Sun 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  class 
  was 
  

   conferred 
  upon 
  him 
  posthumously. 
  Noguchi's 
  simple 
  origin 
  and 
  

   inauspicious 
  beginnings 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  his 
  amazing 
  career 
  in 
  science 
  have 
  

   been 
  seized 
  upon 
  and 
  held 
  up 
  to 
  his 
  countrymen 
  as 
  worthy 
  of 
  admira- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  emulation. 
  His 
  example 
  of 
  filial 
  piety 
  to 
  this 
  famUy 
  and 
  

   his 
  teacher, 
  and 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  his 
  visit 
  to 
  his 
  home 
  in 
  1915, 
  which 
  became 
  

   virtually 
  a 
  triumphant 
  tour 
  through 
  the 
  country, 
  are 
  being 
  woven 
  

   into 
  a 
  legend 
  of 
  singular 
  beauty 
  so 
  precious 
  to 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  the 
  East, 
  

  

  The 
  birthplace 
  of 
  Noguchi 
  has 
  been 
  acquired 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  saved 
  to 
  

   posterity. 
  As 
  a 
  shrine 
  in 
  which 
  personal 
  effects, 
  mementoes 
  and 
  

   records 
  of 
  his 
  scientific 
  work 
  wUl 
  be 
  deposited 
  and 
  preserved, 
  it 
  will 
  

   become 
  an 
  object 
  of 
  pilgrimage 
  and 
  veneration 
  for 
  the 
  intellectually 
  

   devout 
  from 
  far 
  and 
  near. 
  The 
  spirit 
  of 
  science 
  will 
  surely 
  hover 
  over 
  

   this 
  shrine, 
  and 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  genius 
  of 
  his 
  countrymen, 
  it 
  

   will 
  attract 
  worshipers 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Hideyo 
  Noguchi 
  will 
  

   be 
  a 
  sacred 
  emblem 
  of 
  love 
  of 
  his 
  fellow 
  man. 
  

  

  