﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
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  his 
  noble 
  form, 
  nor 
  hear 
  his 
  eloquent 
  and 
  burning 
  words, 
  but 
  he 
  still 
  lives. 
  He 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  men 
  who 
  possess 
  two 
  immortalities 
  — 
  one, 
  his 
  own 
  individuality, 
  

   which 
  he 
  has 
  carried 
  with 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  future 
  state, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  remains 
  with 
  

   us 
  in 
  our 
  hearts 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  annals 
  of 
  science 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  time. 
  

  

  Reference 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  personal 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  the 
  deceased. 
  I 
  was 
  

   not 
  as 
  highly 
  favored 
  as 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  gentlemen 
  who 
  have 
  spoken, 
  but 
  happily 
  

   not 
  altogether 
  without 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  record 
  with 
  gratitude 
  my 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   him, 
  and 
  the 
  benefits 
  derived 
  from 
  his 
  lectures. 
  As 
  a 
  disciple, 
  I 
  once 
  enjoyed 
  

   two 
  full 
  courses 
  of 
  his 
  lectures, 
  on 
  Fishes 
  and 
  Geology, 
  and 
  then 
  sat 
  at 
  the 
  feet 
  

   of 
  Professor 
  Mitchell, 
  of 
  the 
  Cincinnati 
  Observatory, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  at 
  the 
  feet 
  

   of 
  Professor 
  Guyot, 
  of 
  Princeton 
  College, 
  so 
  honorably 
  mentioned 
  in 
  your 
  pres- 
  

   ence. 
  And 
  from 
  these 
  masters 
  of 
  scientific 
  lectures 
  I 
  derived 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  

   of 
  Nature 
  and 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  God, 
  for 
  which 
  I 
  desire 
  to 
  acknowledge 
  my 
  deepest 
  

   gratitude. 
  

  

  Let 
  us 
  then 
  thank 
  our 
  Heavenly 
  Father 
  for 
  the 
  advance 
  of 
  Science, 
  and 
  for 
  

   the 
  life, 
  character, 
  labors, 
  and 
  contributions 
  to 
  true 
  science 
  of 
  Louis 
  Agassiz. 
  

   And 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  true 
  saying, 
  " 
  They 
  mourn 
  the 
  dead 
  aright 
  who 
  live 
  as 
  they 
  

   would 
  wish 
  us 
  to 
  live," 
  so 
  let 
  us 
  in 
  our 
  several 
  spheres 
  endeavor 
  to 
  imitate 
  the 
  

   noble 
  deeds 
  of 
  our 
  illustrious 
  dead 
  ; 
  remembering 
  that 
  he 
  said 
  " 
  he 
  had 
  no 
  time 
  

   to 
  make 
  money." 
  And 
  he 
  was 
  right. 
  Thank 
  God 
  he 
  gave 
  his 
  time, 
  strength, 
  

   genius, 
  and 
  heart 
  to 
  a 
  far 
  nobler 
  purpose. 
  To 
  make 
  money 
  requires 
  time, 
  skill, 
  

   and 
  talent. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  trade 
  — 
  a 
  business 
  — 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  place 
  all 
  right 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   the 
  highest 
  calling 
  of 
  man. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  itself 
  the 
  greatest 
  good. 
  What 
  is 
  

   gold, 
  gold 
  to 
  thought, 
  to 
  the 
  enjoyments 
  of 
  a 
  cultivated 
  mind 
  ? 
  Like 
  him, 
  

   then, 
  let 
  us 
  go 
  forth 
  from 
  this 
  memorial 
  meeting 
  to 
  give 
  more 
  of 
  our 
  time, 
  and 
  

   strength, 
  and 
  substance, 
  to 
  the 
  enlightenment, 
  mental 
  culture, 
  and 
  advancement 
  

   of 
  our 
  fellow-men, 
  in 
  the 
  knowledge 
  of 
  all 
  truth. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  from 
  our 
  fellow 
  member, 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Edwards, 
  

   whose 
  engagement 
  elsewhere 
  prevented 
  his 
  attendance, 
  was 
  inad- 
  

   vertently 
  omitted: 
  

  

  Remarks 
  of 
  Henry 
  Edwards. 
  

  

  " 
  O 
  ! 
  what 
  a 
  noble 
  heart 
  was 
  here 
  undone, 
  

   When 
  Science 
  self 
  destroyed 
  her 
  favorite 
  son." 
  

  

  From 
  a 
  seat 
  of 
  learning 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  has 
  gone 
  forth 
  a 
  wail 
  of 
  sorrow, 
  a 
  wail 
  

   which 
  echoes 
  not 
  only 
  through 
  the 
  length 
  and 
  breadth 
  of 
  our 
  own 
  land, 
  but 
  in 
  

   every 
  place 
  in 
  which 
  refinement 
  and 
  culture 
  have 
  found 
  a 
  home, 
  and 
  which 
  will 
  

   thrill 
  for 
  years 
  to 
  come 
  in 
  many 
  a 
  heart 
  at 
  the 
  mention 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  de- 
  

   parted. 
  Agassiz 
  is 
  dead. 
  The 
  mighty 
  brain 
  in 
  which 
  grand 
  thoughts 
  were 
  

   kindled, 
  is, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  our 
  earth 
  is 
  concerned, 
  at 
  rest 
  for 
  ever 
  ; 
  the 
  smile, 
  which 
  ever 
  

   shone 
  on 
  modest 
  merit 
  beams 
  for 
  us 
  no 
  more 
  ; 
  the 
  kind 
  and 
  gentle 
  voice 
  which 
  

   spoke 
  in 
  earnest 
  sympathy 
  with 
  even 
  the 
  meanest 
  endeavor, 
  is 
  hushed 
  and 
  still, 
  

   and 
  memory 
  is 
  all 
  that 
  is 
  left 
  us 
  of 
  one 
  so 
  loved. 
  To 
  speak 
  in 
  praise 
  of 
  his 
  vast 
  

   acquirements 
  would 
  be 
  but 
  

  

  " 
  To 
  guard 
  a 
  title 
  that 
  was 
  rich 
  before." 
  

  

  