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Vie with each other in conferring medals and decorations 

 upon him. Up to the time of the outbreak of the Civil 

 War, he had been made a member of some 45 learned 

 societies, about 20 of which were in foreign countries. 

 He was made a knight of the Order of Dannebrog by the 

 King of Denmark in 1856, and the following year a 

 knight of the Order of St. Anne by the Czar of Russia 

 and a commander of the Legion of Honor by the Em- 

 peror of France; while in 1859 he had conferred upon 

 him the Order of the Tower and Sword by the King of 

 Portugal. Moreover, between the years of 1854 and 

 1859 gold medals were presented to him by the rulers 

 of Norway and Sweden, Prussia, the republic of Bremen, 

 Holland, Austria, Sardinia, and France; and in addition 

 a medal of honor was awarded him for his charts at the 

 Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855, and only the year 

 before the beginning of the Civil War the Pope sent him 

 a set of thirteen beautiful silver medals. There were two 

 gold medals from Prussia; namely, the medal designed for 

 distinguished works of science and the Cosmos Medal, 

 which had been struck by the King of Prussia to honor 

 Humboldt upon the publication of his "Cosmos" and 

 which was given to Maury because of the warm personal 

 friendship that had long existed between the two great 

 scientists. 



Thus was Maury's resourcefulness and perseverance 

 in investigating the wind^ and currents of the sea and in 

 presenting the results of his research in a practical form 

 for the use of the mariners of the world crowned with 

 success ; and whatever the future might hold in store for 

 him, he must have then realized that he had gained for 

 himself an entrance into that small company of the 

 world's most distinguished scientists. 



