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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  opening 
  my 
  lips 
  is 
  to 
  endorse 
  the 
  sentiments 
  of 
  Rev. 
  Dr. 
  Stebbins, 
  just 
  uttered 
  

   in 
  regard 
  to 
  tlie 
  alleged 
  or 
  supposed 
  antagonism 
  of 
  science 
  to 
  revealed 
  religion. 
  

   Believing 
  as 
  I 
  do, 
  as 
  intimated 
  in 
  the 
  reference 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  opinions 
  of 
  tlie 
  late 
  

   Louis 
  Agassiz, 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  as 
  much 
  dogma 
  in 
  science, 
  or 
  even 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  reli- 
  

   gion, 
  I 
  am 
  ready 
  to 
  say 
  and 
  boldly 
  maintain 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  not, 
  and 
  cannot 
  be, 
  any 
  

   real 
  antagonism 
  or 
  controversy 
  between 
  true 
  science 
  and 
  true 
  religion. 
  All 
  truth 
  

   is 
  of 
  God 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  unit. 
  Science 
  and 
  religion 
  are 
  twin 
  sisters 
  from 
  the 
  throne 
  of 
  

   the 
  Eternal 
  Lawgiver. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  real 
  controversy 
  between 
  them 
  — 
  no 
  strife 
  

   but 
  as 
  to 
  which 
  branch 
  of 
  knowledge 
  can 
  do 
  most 
  for 
  mankind. 
  Properly 
  in- 
  

   terpreted, 
  they 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  glorious 
  hand 
  and 
  tend 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  result 
  — 
  

   the 
  happiness 
  of 
  mankind 
  and 
  the 
  glory 
  of 
  the 
  Creator. 
  I 
  honor 
  science, 
  and 
  

   heartily 
  bid 
  God-speed 
  to 
  every 
  honest 
  investigator 
  .of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  uni- 
  

   verse. 
  As 
  a 
  theologian 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  had 
  the 
  slightest 
  fear 
  concerning 
  the 
  ad- 
  

   vance 
  of 
  true 
  science. 
  Our 
  natural 
  philosophers 
  cannot 
  travel 
  so 
  far 
  but 
  they 
  

   •will 
  find 
  the 
  Creator 
  has 
  been 
  there 
  before 
  them 
  ; 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  climb 
  through 
  

   space 
  and 
  journey 
  among 
  planets 
  and 
  systems 
  unnumbered, 
  they 
  will 
  all 
  find 
  that 
  

   the 
  ladder 
  by 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  ascended 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  outposts 
  of 
  the 
  universe 
  was 
  

   built 
  for 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  hand 
  of 
  an 
  all-wise 
  Lawgiver 
  possessed 
  of 
  supreme 
  intelli- 
  

   gence, 
  will, 
  and 
  power. 
  No, 
  ladies 
  and 
  gentlemen, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  real 
  controversy 
  

   between 
  true 
  science 
  n.nd 
  religion. 
  Their 
  mission 
  is 
  one 
  — 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  man- 
  

   kind 
  to 
  a 
  higher 
  degree 
  of 
  knowledge 
  and 
  sincere 
  purity. 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  believed 
  

   in 
  free 
  thought, 
  free 
  speech, 
  and 
  a 
  free 
  press 
  — 
  not 
  toleration, 
  but 
  absolute 
  freedom. 
  

   It 
  is 
  thought 
  that 
  governs 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  But 
  he 
  must 
  be 
  a 
  braver 
  man 
  than 
  I 
  claim 
  to 
  be, 
  who 
  would 
  undertake 
  to 
  

   entertain 
  such 
  a 
  presence 
  as 
  this 
  at 
  such 
  a 
  late 
  hour, 
  and 
  especially 
  after 
  the 
  

   learned 
  and 
  eloquent 
  remarks 
  f^at 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  gentlemen 
  who 
  have 
  

   preceded 
  me, 
  even 
  if 
  I 
  had 
  an 
  address 
  prepared, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  not. 
  All 
  I 
  can 
  

   venture 
  to 
  say 
  is, 
  that 
  in 
  doing 
  honor 
  to 
  our 
  distinguished 
  fellow 
  citizen, 
  we 
  honor 
  

   ourselves. 
  Some 
  nations 
  honor 
  their 
  dead 
  in 
  one 
  way, 
  some 
  in 
  another. 
  Some 
  

   build 
  monuments 
  or 
  found 
  institutions 
  to 
  perpetuate 
  their 
  names 
  to 
  coming 
  gen- 
  

   erations. 
  The 
  eloquent 
  addresses 
  already 
  delivered 
  have 
  told 
  us 
  of 
  the 
  exalted 
  

   character 
  of 
  our 
  great 
  scientist 
  as 
  a 
  man, 
  a 
  citizen 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  walks 
  of 
  life, 
  of 
  the 
  

   magnetism 
  of 
  his 
  presence 
  and 
  speech, 
  and 
  of 
  his 
  wonderful 
  abilities 
  as 
  a 
  teacher, 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  or 
  net 
  gains 
  to 
  the 
  scientific 
  world, 
  as 
  the 
  perfecter, 
  if 
  not 
  the 
  

   original 
  proclaimer, 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  thought 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  method 
  of 
  scientific 
  experiments, 
  

   which 
  are 
  revolutionizing 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  departments 
  of 
  scientific 
  philosophy. 
  We 
  

   need 
  not 
  then 
  oflfer 
  a 
  hecatomb 
  at 
  his 
  tomb. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  true, 
  in 
  a 
  limited 
  sense, 
  

   as 
  the 
  heathen 
  sages 
  have 
  said, 
  " 
  Those 
  whom 
  the 
  gods 
  love 
  die 
  early," 
  and 
  for 
  

   u^", 
  too 
  early 
  has 
  Louis 
  Agamz 
  passed 
  from 
  us 
  through 
  glory's 
  morning 
  gate 
  to 
  

   the 
  great 
  majority 
  gathering 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  " 
  the 
  beautiful 
  river," 
  where 
  the 
  

   flowers 
  never 
  fade. 
  But 
  not 
  too 
  early 
  for 
  himself, 
  nor 
  for 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  science 
  

   to 
  which 
  his 
  whole 
  nature 
  was 
  consecrated. 
  You 
  have 
  been 
  told 
  that 
  the 
  tele- 
  

   graph 
  wires 
  flashed 
  to 
  us 
  the 
  sad 
  intelligence 
  " 
  Agassiz 
  is 
  no 
  more." 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  

   popular 
  but 
  an 
  erroneous 
  announcement. 
  True, 
  he 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  on 
  earih 
  to 
  l)e 
  

   seen 
  in 
  the 
  high 
  places 
  he 
  so 
  long 
  honored. 
  We 
  shall 
  look 
  no 
  more 
  hero 
  upon 
  

  

  