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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OJf 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  stone 
  age, 
  bronze 
  age, 
  and 
  iron 
  age, 
  corresponding 
  to 
  the 
  palaeontological 
  series. 
  

   It 
  is 
  by 
  comparisons 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  that 
  Herbert 
  Spencer 
  is 
  now 
  attempting 
  to 
  

   lay 
  the 
  foundations 
  of 
  a 
  scientific 
  sociology. 
  I 
  repeat 
  it 
  : 
  if 
  sociology 
  ever 
  

   becomes 
  a 
  science 
  it 
  will 
  owe 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  genius 
  and 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  Louis 
  

   Agassiz. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  illness 
  and 
  consequent 
  absence 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Stearns, 
  the 
  

   following 
  from 
  him 
  was 
  read 
  by 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  S. 
  Carr 
  : 
  

  

  Remarks 
  of 
  Robert 
  E. 
  C. 
  Stearns. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President.— 
  It 
  has 
  pleased 
  you 
  to 
  insist 
  that 
  I 
  should 
  add 
  something 
  to 
  

   the 
  general 
  expression 
  of 
  sorrow 
  and 
  of 
  eulogy. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  no 
  spirit 
  of 
  reluctance 
  

   that 
  I 
  hesitate 
  to 
  bear 
  testimony 
  to 
  the 
  merits 
  of 
  him 
  to 
  whose 
  voice 
  it 
  was 
  so 
  

   pleasant 
  to 
  listen, 
  and 
  in 
  whose 
  presence 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  pleasure 
  to 
  be 
  ; 
  but 
  rather 
  

   from 
  the 
  fear 
  of 
  my 
  inability 
  to 
  render 
  an 
  even 
  measure 
  of 
  justice 
  to 
  the 
  dead. 
  

  

  Without 
  enlarging 
  upon 
  those 
  exterior 
  characteristics 
  by 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  

   known, 
  and 
  which, 
  ennobled 
  by 
  a 
  generous 
  nature, 
  gave 
  grace 
  and 
  dignity 
  to 
  

   his 
  person, 
  we 
  find 
  with 
  and 
  above 
  these 
  attractions 
  a 
  moral 
  and 
  intellectual 
  

   greatness 
  and 
  simplicity, 
  which 
  endeared 
  him 
  to 
  his 
  fellow-men. 
  

  

  I 
  cannot 
  recall 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  scientific 
  man, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  often 
  

   spoken, 
  and 
  with 
  so 
  much 
  respect 
  and 
  affection, 
  in 
  the 
  homes 
  and 
  families 
  of 
  our 
  

   people, 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  Agassiz. 
  

  

  This 
  respect 
  and 
  affection 
  arose, 
  not 
  alone 
  from 
  his 
  intellectual 
  achievements 
  

   or 
  from 
  the 
  popularity 
  of 
  his 
  lectures 
  and 
  writings, 
  but 
  from 
  that 
  large-heart- 
  

   edness 
  which 
  made 
  him 
  accessible 
  to 
  all. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  intercourse 
  with 
  his 
  fellow-men, 
  he 
  graduated 
  his 
  speech 
  not 
  by 
  the 
  

   rank 
  or 
  station 
  of 
  the 
  person, 
  for 
  each 
  and 
  all 
  were 
  received 
  with 
  unmeasured 
  

   courtesy 
  and 
  kindness. 
  

  

  Such 
  intellectual 
  breadth, 
  moral 
  excellence, 
  and 
  estimable 
  qualities 
  as 
  he 
  pos- 
  

   sessed, 
  are 
  seldom 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  person 
  ; 
  and 
  these 
  made 
  him 
  not 
  only 
  an 
  

   impressive 
  and 
  attractive 
  teacher, 
  but, 
  combined 
  with 
  enthusiasm, 
  inspired 
  all 
  

   with 
  the 
  desire 
  to 
  serve 
  and 
  assist 
  him 
  ; 
  hence, 
  in 
  part, 
  that 
  vast 
  aggregation 
  of 
  

   material 
  at 
  Cambridge, 
  beyond 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  building 
  for 
  its 
  

   proper 
  arrangement 
  and 
  display. 
  

  

  What 
  wonderful 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  our 
  country 
  since 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  

   Agassiz, 
  in 
  1846 
  ! 
  Its 
  nraterial 
  wealth 
  how 
  enormously 
  increased, 
  broad 
  areas 
  

   peopled, 
  new 
  States 
  established, 
  and 
  the 
  march 
  of 
  empire 
  pushed 
  westward 
  to 
  

   the 
  sea. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  his 
  arrival 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  notable 
  

   and 
  important 
  event 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  rods 
  of 
  this 
  spot, 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Bay 
  rippled 
  along 
  an 
  almost 
  untrodden 
  beach. 
  Do 
  you 
  re- 
  

   member 
  his 
  concluding 
  remarks 
  at 
  the 
  Academy's 
  rooms, 
  on 
  that 
  September 
  

   evening, 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  year 
  ago 
  ? 
  He 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  When 
  I 
  saw 
  to-day, 
  for 
  

   the 
  first 
  time, 
  San 
  Francisco 
  through 
  the 
  Golden 
  Gate, 
  I 
  was 
  amazed. 
  I 
  

   look 
  upon 
  it 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  marvels 
  of 
  modern 
  times 
  that 
  there 
  should 
  be 
  a 
  

  

  