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was committed to the deep, the Scholar s cloak was his winding 

 sheet, the ocean his grave, and the towering rocks of the Tortugas 

 his monument. . . . But to quit this episode and return to the 

 Professor. I do not remember ever to have heard him lecture. He 

 was professor of Geology, but I think Botany was his favorite study. 

 He spent much time in the mountains of Kentucky and in investi 

 gating the quality of the different soils and their adaptability to 

 the production of various plants, vegetables, etc.&quot; 



From these facts it would appear that, for some reason, 

 Rafinesque had changed his feeling of friendliness into 

 one of hostility to Doctor Holly, and that this new 

 condition was not justified. The account Judge Peters 

 has so kindly furnished helps us to understand the 

 wonderful physical force which must have been Rafin- 

 esque s, for he toiled always and without apparent rest. 



No ordinary physique could have endured such cease 

 less activity, performed such arduous journeys, collected 

 such numbers of natural objects, prepared so many arti 

 cles for publication, and filled so completely the post of 

 professor. He most certainly was a man of indomitable 

 will, of unbounded enthusiasm, of great energy. These 

 are his virtues. On them we are content to rest his 

 case. 



THE PORTRAITS OF RAFINESQUE. 



The portraits of Rafinesque, which we present in this 

 volume, have an interesting history. The frontispiece 

 represents the author of the &quot;Analyse de la Nature&quot; as he 



