MEMOIRS. 



knowledge ; and it is in this sense that I claim for 

 him the peculiar position above assigned. 



The sudden removal of such a man in the prime 

 of his working life is a calamity not only to the 

 University with which he was associated, but to 

 the whole intellectual interests of the generation 

 in which he lived. At Oxford his loss will be 

 lamented by the resident scientific members almost 

 as much as by the clerical ; for, more than any 

 contemporary, he was equally at home among 

 both, and constituted a link of union between 

 these two sections of existing University life which 

 can ill be spared by either. To the country at 

 large his untimely death has removed a rich 

 promise of Christian championship of the order 

 displayed by his essay in " Lux Mundi" an essay 

 so remarkable in its originality of thought and 

 brilliancy of style, that even those of his country- 

 men who no longer belong to the household of his 

 faith must be poor creatures indeed if they do not 

 grieve at the silencing of his voice. 



In these few words I have sought to convey my 

 high appreciation of Mr. Aubrey Moore as a man 

 of intellect and learning, whose great powers were 

 united with a spirit of tolerant sympathy towards 

 all honest search for truth. Of the other aspects 

 of his character I prefer leaving those to speak 



