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  SCIENCES. 
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  votaries 
  had 
  been 
  sneered 
  at 
  as 
  particularly 
  deserving 
  reprobation 
  for 
  lack 
  of 
  

   the 
  money-making 
  faculty 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  repudiated 
  the 
  supposed 
  eleemosynary 
  char- 
  

   acter 
  of 
  the 
  gifts 
  grudgingly 
  made 
  to 
  her. 
  He 
  boldly 
  stood 
  forth 
  as 
  the 
  cham- 
  

   pion 
  of 
  the 
  self-sacrificing 
  devotees 
  of 
  science. 
  For 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  humar. 
  knowl- 
  

   edge 
  he 
  had 
  given, 
  with 
  unsparing 
  prodigality, 
  the 
  mental 
  and 
  physical 
  activity 
  

   of 
  a 
  life 
  noted 
  for 
  its 
  remarkable 
  vigor, 
  endurance, 
  and 
  consecutivencss 
  ; 
  and 
  

   his 
  sense 
  of 
  justice 
  was 
  aroused 
  to 
  appeal 
  for 
  help 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  could 
  so 
  easily 
  

   and 
  so 
  largely 
  endow 
  our 
  colleges 
  and 
  universities, 
  our 
  museums 
  and 
  academies 
  

   of 
  science. 
  You 
  have 
  listened 
  to 
  these 
  appeals, 
  and 
  know 
  that 
  even 
  in 
  our 
  

   midst 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  in 
  vain. 
  Throughout 
  our 
  country 
  the 
  leaven 
  has 
  

   reached 
  the 
  treasures 
  of 
  large-minded 
  men 
  who, 
  during 
  their 
  life-time, 
  wish 
  to 
  

   see 
  the 
  fruition 
  of 
  their 
  nobler 
  instincts. 
  In 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  years, 
  millions 
  of 
  

   dollars 
  have 
  been 
  devoted 
  to 
  learning 
  and 
  science 
  ; 
  but 
  many 
  more 
  millions 
  are 
  

   needed, 
  and 
  the 
  apostles 
  of 
  science 
  must 
  cease 
  not 
  urging 
  and 
  proving 
  her 
  

   claims. 
  Our 
  University 
  alone 
  needs 
  its 
  million 
  for 
  buildings, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  

   museum 
  ; 
  and 
  another 
  million 
  for 
  the 
  endowment 
  of 
  professorships. 
  Our 
  

   Academy 
  needs 
  as 
  much 
  for 
  buildings, 
  collections, 
  and 
  for 
  foundations 
  for 
  

   original 
  research. 
  And 
  in 
  our 
  midst 
  we 
  need 
  a 
  i 
  amply 
  endowed 
  Institute 
  of 
  

   Technology. 
  

  

  The 
  interest 
  which 
  he 
  imparted 
  to 
  science 
  on 
  this 
  Coast, 
  in 
  one 
  short 
  visit, 
  has 
  

   steadily 
  increased. 
  The 
  cheering 
  words 
  which 
  he 
  spoke 
  in 
  our 
  behalf 
  have 
  

   fallen 
  upon 
  the 
  hearts 
  of 
  our 
  people, 
  and 
  awakened 
  their 
  sympathy. 
  The 
  Acad- 
  

   emy 
  certainly 
  has 
  cause 
  to 
  rejoice 
  in 
  its 
  benefactions 
  ; 
  but 
  we 
  need 
  still 
  more 
  

   freely 
  the 
  helping 
  hand 
  of 
  endowment, 
  to 
  realize 
  what 
  he 
  prophesied. 
  

  

  We 
  can 
  listen 
  no 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  magic 
  of 
  his 
  voice 
  ; 
  but 
  his 
  example 
  is 
  ever 
  

   before 
  us. 
  Words 
  of 
  praise 
  can 
  add 
  nothing 
  to 
  his 
  glory 
  ; 
  but 
  we 
  can 
  honor 
  

   his 
  memory 
  by 
  imitating 
  his 
  fervid 
  devotion 
  to 
  science, 
  and 
  its 
  diffusion 
  among 
  

   mankind. 
  It 
  never 
  faltered 
  ; 
  it 
  pervaded 
  his 
  being. 
  

  

  He 
  was 
  the 
  incarnation 
  of 
  Science 
  ; 
  and 
  greater 
  love 
  hath 
  no 
  man 
  than 
  this 
  

   — 
  he 
  laid 
  his 
  life 
  down 
  for 
  it. 
  

  

  He 
  has 
  gone 
  ; 
  but 
  his 
  name 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  land-mark 
  inhuman 
  knowledge 
  through 
  

   the 
  long 
  roll 
  of 
  centuries. 
  

  

  Remarks 
  of 
  Professor 
  D. 
  C. 
  Gilman. 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  of 
  Agassiz 
  does 
  not 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  learned 
  alone, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  

   honored 
  most 
  by 
  the 
  wise 
  and 
  the 
  profound 
  ; 
  it 
  likewise 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  common 
  

   people, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  household 
  word 
  throughout 
  the 
  land. 
  

  

  Few 
  men, 
  while 
  they 
  live, 
  attain 
  renown 
  among 
  the 
  multitude, 
  and 
  also 
  

   retaia 
  their 
  emiueuce 
  among 
  philosophers; 
  but 
  he 
  wore 
  fitly 
  this 
  double 
  crown 
  

   — 
  " 
  the 
  praise 
  of 
  praised 
  men," 
  which 
  is 
  gold, 
  and 
  the 
  applause 
  of 
  the 
  un- 
  

   learned, 
  which 
  is 
  silver. 
  How 
  few 
  of 
  those 
  whom 
  we 
  call 
  distinguished, 
  

   whether 
  writers, 
  teachers, 
  statesmen, 
  merchants, 
  scholars, 
  or 
  leaders 
  in 
  arms, 
  are 
  

   equally 
  known 
  and 
  honored 
  with 
  this 
  college 
  professor, 
  this 
  comparative 
  

  

  Peoc. 
  Cal. 
  Acad. 
  Sci.,Yol. 
  V.— 
  15. 
  Jan., 
  1874. 
  

  

  