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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  The 
  history 
  of 
  his 
  adopted 
  country 
  will 
  inscribe 
  them 
  on 
  its 
  brightest 
  pages, 
  

   and 
  his 
  works 
  will 
  be 
  forever 
  cherished 
  amid 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  nation. 
  But 
  

   apart 
  from 
  the 
  homage 
  which 
  the 
  worshippers 
  of 
  his 
  genius 
  will 
  surely 
  lay 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  its 
  shrine 
  — 
  apart 
  from 
  the 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  labors 
  which 
  have 
  rendered 
  

   him 
  immortal, 
  and 
  enrolled 
  his 
  name 
  among 
  the 
  deathless 
  few 
  — 
  there 
  steals 
  into 
  

   the 
  thought 
  the 
  recollection 
  of 
  that 
  tender 
  and 
  gentle 
  nature 
  which 
  was 
  so 
  mag- 
  

   netic 
  in 
  its 
  association, 
  and 
  which 
  shed 
  so 
  pleasing 
  an 
  influence 
  upon 
  all 
  which 
  

   came 
  within 
  its 
  contact. 
  Involved 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  cherished 
  pursuits, 
  he 
  scorned 
  

   the 
  mean 
  pretenses 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  and 
  being, 
  as 
  he 
  himself 
  declared, 
  " 
  Too 
  busy 
  

   to 
  make 
  money," 
  he 
  was 
  utterly 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  taint 
  of 
  selfishness, 
  and 
  lived 
  less 
  

   for 
  his 
  own 
  advancement 
  than 
  for 
  the 
  good 
  of 
  others, 
  preferring 
  the 
  calm 
  enjoy- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  a 
  studious 
  and 
  retiring 
  life 
  to 
  the 
  tinsel 
  glories 
  of 
  wealth 
  and 
  display. 
  

   Mindful 
  of 
  the 
  difficulties 
  which 
  beset 
  the 
  student 
  of 
  Science, 
  and 
  well 
  knowing 
  

   how 
  willingly 
  the 
  world 
  will 
  sneer 
  at 
  what 
  it 
  cannot 
  comprehend, 
  his 
  hand 
  was 
  

   ever 
  extended 
  to 
  help 
  the 
  seeker 
  after 
  truth, 
  and 
  to 
  place 
  his 
  feet 
  upon 
  a 
  firm 
  

   foundation. 
  A 
  father 
  among 
  the 
  young, 
  a 
  brother 
  among 
  the 
  mature, 
  and 
  a 
  

   kind 
  and 
  gentle 
  friend 
  to 
  all, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Agassiz 
  will 
  be 
  loved 
  as 
  his 
  genius 
  is 
  

   honored, 
  and 
  his 
  childlike 
  nature 
  cherished 
  as 
  his 
  mental 
  powers 
  are 
  valued 
  and 
  

   esteemed. 
  Above 
  the 
  earth 
  which 
  covers 
  his 
  remains 
  will 
  be 
  mingled 
  the 
  bitter 
  

   regrets 
  for 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  one 
  so 
  gifted, 
  and 
  the 
  sighs 
  of 
  sympathy 
  for 
  those 
  who 
  

   will 
  miss 
  the 
  communion 
  of 
  a 
  loving 
  heart. 
  As 
  on 
  and 
  on 
  we 
  journey 
  towards 
  

   the 
  end, 
  the 
  pathway 
  of 
  our 
  life 
  is 
  strewn 
  with 
  sorrowing 
  memories 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  

   blossoms 
  of 
  existence 
  diffuse 
  their 
  fragrance 
  by 
  the 
  wayside, 
  and 
  teach 
  us 
  that 
  

   all 
  is 
  npt 
  sad 
  for 
  those 
  who 
  mourn. 
  The 
  incense 
  of 
  good 
  deeds 
  ascends 
  to 
  

   Heaven, 
  and 
  the 
  place 
  which 
  so 
  glorious 
  a 
  soul 
  as 
  his 
  filled 
  on 
  earth, 
  becomes 
  a 
  

   monument 
  for 
  after 
  time, 
  and 
  points 
  to 
  the 
  generations 
  which 
  follow, 
  the 
  shining 
  

   remembrance 
  of 
  his 
  power. 
  For 
  over 
  fourteen 
  years 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  held 
  pleas- 
  

   ant 
  intercourse 
  with 
  him 
  ; 
  has 
  profited 
  by 
  the 
  varied 
  store 
  of 
  knowledge 
  he 
  was 
  

   ever 
  so 
  ready 
  to 
  impart 
  ; 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  saddened 
  soul 
  would 
  add 
  this 
  poor 
  tributary 
  

   leaf 
  to 
  the 
  garlands 
  which 
  will 
  deck 
  his 
  tomb. 
  He 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  among 
  the 
  many 
  

   who 
  have 
  felt 
  the 
  friendly 
  interest 
  which 
  Agassiz 
  was 
  wont 
  to 
  display 
  to 
  all 
  

   who 
  needed 
  the 
  help 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  teacher, 
  and 
  who, 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  to 
  come, 
  will 
  sigh 
  

  

  " 
  For 
  the 
  touch 
  of 
  a 
  vanished 
  hand, 
  

   And 
  the 
  sound 
  of 
  a 
  voice 
  that 
  is 
  still." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Dall, 
  of 
  Committee, 
  submitted 
  the 
  following 
  reso- 
  

   lutions 
  : 
  

  

  Resolutions 
  of 
  the 
  Academy. 
  

  

  Whereas, 
  we, 
  the 
  members 
  and 
  associates 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  

   Sciences, 
  have 
  learned 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  pleased 
  Divine 
  Providence 
  to 
  call 
  our 
  friend 
  

   and 
  fellow-member. 
  Prof. 
  Louis 
  Agassiz, 
  away 
  from 
  his 
  earthly 
  labors 
  ; 
  There- 
  

   fore 
  be 
  it 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  in 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Agassiz 
  we 
  recognize 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  one 
  

   whose 
  life 
  was 
  passed 
  in 
  earnest 
  devotion 
  to 
  the 
  advancement 
  of 
  Science 
  and 
  

   the 
  cause 
  of 
  liberal 
  education 
  ; 
  whose 
  labors 
  in 
  this 
  field 
  have 
  won 
  for 
  him 
  an 
  

  

  