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  ANNUAL 
  EEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  men 
  and 
  women 
  who 
  had 
  chosen 
  some 
  branch 
  of 
  zoology 
  or 
  kindred 
  

   science 
  for 
  their 
  life 
  work 
  he 
  was 
  always 
  willing 
  to 
  lend 
  a 
  helping 
  

   hand 
  and 
  was 
  always 
  patient, 
  kind, 
  helpful, 
  and 
  generous. 
  

  

  His 
  own 
  views 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  attributes 
  and 
  qualities 
  that 
  go 
  to 
  make 
  

   up 
  a 
  naturalist 
  were 
  expressed 
  in 
  an 
  address 
  on 
  " 
  Some 
  American 
  

   Conchologists," 
  delivered 
  in 
  Washington 
  more 
  than 
  40 
  years 
  ago, 
  in 
  

   which 
  he 
  states: 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  lesson 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  absolutely 
  clear 
  is 
  that 
  naturalists 
  

   are 
  born, 
  and 
  not 
  made 
  ; 
  that 
  the 
  sacred 
  fire 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  extinguished 
  by 
  poverty 
  

   nor 
  lighted 
  from 
  a 
  college 
  taper 
  ; 
  that 
  the 
  men 
  whose 
  work 
  is 
  now 
  classical, 
  

   and 
  whose 
  devotion 
  it 
  is 
  our 
  privilege 
  to 
  honor, 
  owed 
  less 
  to 
  education 
  in 
  any 
  

   sense 
  than 
  they 
  did 
  to 
  self-denial, 
  steadfastness, 
  energy, 
  a 
  passion 
  for 
  seeking 
  

   out 
  the 
  truth, 
  and 
  an 
  innate 
  love 
  of 
  nature. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  qualities 
  which 
  

   enabled 
  them 
  to 
  gather 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  of 
  knowledge. 
  

  

  And 
  it 
  is 
  obvious 
  from 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  work 
  that 
  he 
  be- 
  

   lieved 
  that 
  " 
  what 
  is 
  worth 
  doing 
  is 
  worth 
  doing 
  well." 
  

  

  My 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  Dall 
  dates 
  back 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  a 
  century, 
  

   for 
  it 
  began 
  in 
  1875 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  at 
  Woods 
  Hole, 
  a 
  favorite 
  meeting 
  place 
  for 
  scientific 
  men, 
  

   then 
  under 
  the 
  capable 
  and 
  friendly 
  management 
  of 
  Professor 
  

   Baircl. 
  Professor 
  Verrill 
  was 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  invertebrate 
  studies, 
  

   while 
  among 
  the 
  laboratory 
  assistants 
  were 
  Sidney 
  I. 
  Smith, 
  Samuel 
  

   F. 
  Clarke, 
  E. 
  B. 
  Wilson 
  (then 
  a 
  mere 
  lad), 
  Tarleton 
  H. 
  Bean, 
  and 
  

   myself. 
  William 
  H. 
  Dall, 
  Alpheus 
  Hyatt, 
  and 
  David 
  Starr 
  Jordan 
  

   were 
  among 
  the 
  many 
  who 
  visited 
  the 
  laboratory 
  or 
  worked 
  there 
  

   for 
  short 
  periods. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  such 
  sterling 
  qualities 
  as 
  intellectual 
  

   capacity, 
  patience, 
  industry 
  and 
  thirst 
  for 
  knowledge, 
  coupled 
  with 
  

   high 
  ideals 
  of 
  integrity 
  and 
  obligation, 
  that 
  enabled 
  Dall 
  to 
  attain 
  

   the 
  position 
  he 
  so 
  long 
  held 
  among 
  the 
  eminent 
  scientists 
  of 
  the 
  

   world. 
  The 
  closing 
  words 
  of 
  his 
  appreciation 
  of 
  his 
  friend 
  William 
  

   Stimpson 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  himself 
  : 
  

  

  Those 
  who 
  had 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  his 
  companionship 
  will 
  carry 
  an 
  abiding 
  

   memory 
  of 
  his 
  abilities 
  as 
  a 
  naturalist 
  and 
  his 
  noble 
  and 
  lovable 
  characteristics 
  

   as 
  a 
  man. 
  

  

  