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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  or 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  prepared, 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  commerce 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  in 
  its 
  relations 
  

   to 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  Then 
  came 
  the 
  telegram 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  gone. 
  

  

  Agassiz 
  is 
  gone! 
  His 
  name 
  is 
  henceforth 
  enrolled 
  among 
  the 
  immortals. 
  

   Whatever 
  personal 
  deficiencies 
  he 
  may 
  have 
  had, 
  whatever 
  of 
  the 
  imperfections 
  

   or 
  weaknesses 
  which 
  belong 
  to 
  humanity, 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  forgotten, 
  and 
  his 
  worth 
  

   will 
  be 
  more 
  apparent 
  as 
  the 
  years 
  roll 
  on. 
  Hereafter 
  he 
  will 
  be 
  remembered 
  

   with 
  Linnscus, 
  and 
  Cnvier, 
  and 
  Humboldt, 
  and 
  others, 
  whom 
  the 
  world 
  delights 
  

   to 
  honor 
  for 
  their 
  scientific 
  researches 
  ; 
  with 
  Franklia, 
  and 
  Rumford, 
  and 
  Fara- 
  

   day, 
  who 
  have 
  made 
  popular 
  the 
  sciences 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  likewise 
  advanced. 
  

   So 
  we 
  lay 
  upon 
  his 
  tomb 
  our 
  perishable 
  garland, 
  and 
  say, 
  Farewell, 
  philoso- 
  

   pher 
  and 
  philanthropist 
  ! 
  Farewell, 
  our 
  teacher 
  and 
  our 
  friend 
  ! 
  

  

  Kemarks 
  of 
  Professor 
  Joseph 
  Le 
  Conte. 
  

  

  Mb. 
  President 
  and 
  Gentlemen, 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  : 
  

   I 
  respond 
  the 
  more 
  willingly 
  to 
  your 
  invitation 
  to 
  say 
  something 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  

   Professor 
  Agassiz, 
  because 
  I 
  owe 
  personally 
  so 
  deep 
  a 
  debt 
  of 
  gratitude 
  to 
  him 
  

   as 
  my 
  teacher. 
  For 
  some 
  fifteen 
  months 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  18.50-51, 
  as 
  his 
  private 
  

   pupil, 
  I 
  spent 
  the 
  whole 
  working 
  hours 
  of 
  nearly 
  every 
  day 
  by 
  his 
  side, 
  either 
  

   in 
  the 
  laboratory, 
  or 
  else 
  in 
  excursions 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Massachusetts, 
  or 
  

   over 
  the 
  mouBtains 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  reefs 
  and 
  keys 
  of 
  Florida. 
  The 
  

   result 
  of 
  this 
  long 
  intimate 
  association 
  was, 
  on 
  my 
  part, 
  a 
  great 
  and 
  ever-in- 
  

   creasing 
  love, 
  admiration 
  and 
  reverence 
  for 
  him, 
  both 
  as 
  a 
  scientist 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  man, 
  

   and 
  on 
  his 
  part, 
  I 
  am 
  sure, 
  a 
  very 
  strong 
  and 
  affectionate 
  regard. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  

   very 
  pleasant 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  linger 
  here 
  a 
  moment 
  — 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  him 
  as 
  a 
  man 
  and 
  a 
  

   teacher 
  ; 
  the 
  contagiousness 
  of 
  his 
  enthusiasm, 
  the 
  abundance 
  and 
  suggestive- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  his 
  thoughts, 
  the 
  greatness 
  of 
  his 
  intellect, 
  far 
  greater 
  even 
  than 
  his 
  

   •work, 
  and, 
  therefore, 
  contrary 
  to 
  what 
  we 
  find 
  in 
  little 
  great 
  men, 
  the 
  increase 
  

   of 
  his 
  intellectual 
  stature 
  as 
  you 
  approached 
  him 
  nearer 
  and 
  nearer. 
  It 
  would 
  

   be 
  pleasing 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  linger 
  here, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  higher 
  duty 
  to 
  perform, 
  and 
  one 
  

   which 
  I 
  am 
  sure 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  pleasing 
  to 
  him. 
  In 
  speaking 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  sci- 
  

   ence, 
  before 
  a 
  scientific 
  body, 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  peculiarly 
  appropriate 
  that 
  I 
  

   should 
  try 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  true 
  grounds 
  of 
  his 
  great 
  repulalion, 
  and 
  the 
  reasons 
  for 
  

   believing 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  permanent. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  noble 
  army 
  of 
  science 
  — 
  that 
  army 
  so 
  compactly 
  organized 
  for 
  the 
  

   conquest 
  of 
  darkness 
  and 
  the 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  empire 
  of 
  light 
  — 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  

   valiant 
  fighters, 
  but 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  but 
  few 
  leaders. 
  In 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  

   great 
  temple 
  of 
  science 
  — 
  that 
  eternal 
  tem[)le 
  made 
  without 
  hands 
  — 
  the 
  only 
  

   temple 
  ever 
  erected 
  by 
  man 
  worthy 
  to 
  be 
  dedicated 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  Author 
  of 
  

   nature 
  — 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  busy, 
  eager, 
  joyous 
  workmen, 
  but 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  but 
  few 
  

   master-builders. 
  Now, 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  temple 
  of 
  

   science, 
  Agassiz 
  was 
  not 
  only 
  an 
  indefatigable 
  worker 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  lowest 
  details, 
  

   with 
  chisel 
  and 
  hammer 
  and 
  trowel, 
  in 
  brick 
  and 
  stone 
  and 
  mortar, 
  but 
  also 
  a 
  

   great 
  nia-iter-mason 
  ; 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  army 
  of 
  science 
  he 
  was 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  valiant 
  fighter 
  

   in 
  the 
  very 
  front 
  rank, 
  but 
  also 
  a 
  great 
  leader. 
  In 
  a 
  word, 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  he 
  

   was 
  not 
  only 
  an 
  indefatigable 
  enthusiastic 
  worker 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  lowest 
  details 
  of 
  his 
  

  

  