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discuss subjects of mutual interest. In this company Lawrence 

 was always present, and he published all, or nearly all his writings 

 in the ' Annals ' of the Society, until it disappeared in the one 

 with a more resounding name ; but to the suppression of the title 

 under which the old corporation had gained an enviable rank 

 throughout the world, he was never reconciled. He, however, 

 became a member, which indeed was his of right, then Fellow, and 

 finally a Patron of the Lyceum's successor. He was one of the 

 founders of the New York College of Pharmacy. In recognition 

 of his labors, his brother ornithologists throughout the world con- 

 ferred his name upon one genus and twenty species of birds, a 

 more enduring monument than any raised from bronze or marble. 



Lawrence's rank as an ornithologist will always be a prominent 

 one, on account of the particular period of his activity, the men 

 with whom he was associated, and the patient, faithful character 

 of his scientific work, and his name will always adorn the annals 

 of American ornithology. 



But it is of the man himself, rather than the ornithologist, that 

 I best like to think and speak. I cannot recollect the time when 

 I did not know George N. Lawrence, and from the closest inti- 

 macy with his sons and various other members of his family, and 

 the mutual interest in our sciences that naturally brought us 

 together, I suppose it can be said that I knew him better than did 

 any other naturalist, not even excepting Baird. Courteous, gentle, 

 simple in his tastes and habits, almost child-like in his deference 

 to the opinions of others in whom he reposed confidence, asserting 

 his own opinions with a modesty that was remarkable, because so 

 rare, Lawrence was a conspicuous example of that personage to 

 whom we all turn with mingled feelings of admiration and respect 

 — a gentlemen of the Old School, of the clays of our ancestors, 

 when knee breeches and brocaded silks were parts of the ordinary 

 costume, and the manners of the age were characterized by dig- 

 nity and a respectful demeanor. Although verging on to four 

 score and ten years, Lawrence never grew old, and his interests 

 in the sports of the fields and the occupations of youth were as 

 lively and intense in his last year as in the days when he was 

 wont to shoulder his gun and take an active share in them. The 

 last time I saw him, but a short while before his death, he was 



