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five years' voyage he regularly corresponded with me, 

 and guided my efforts ; he received, opened, and took 

 care of all the specimens sent home in many large boxes; 

 but I firmly believe that, during these five years, it never 

 once crossed his mind that he was acting towards me 

 with unusual and generous kindness. 



" During the years when I associated so much with 

 Professor Henslow I never once saw his temper even 

 ruffled. He never took an ill-natured view of any one's 

 character, though very far from blind to the foibles of 

 others. It always struck me that his mind could not be 

 even touched by any paltry feeling of vanity, envy, or 

 jealousy. With all this equability of temper and re- 

 markable benevolence, there was no insipidity of cha- 

 racter. A man must have been blind not to have 

 perceived that beneath this placid exterior there was a 

 vigorous and determined will. When principle came 

 into play no power on earth could have turned him one 

 hair's breadth. . . . 



" In intellect, as far as I could judge, accurate powers 

 of observation, sound sense, and cautious judgment 

 seemed predominant. Nothing seemed to give him so 

 much enjoyment as drawing conclusions from minute ob- 

 servations. But his admirable memoir on the geology of 

 Anglesea shows his capacity for extended observations and 

 broad views. Reflecting over his character with gratitude 

 and reverence, his moral attributes rise, as they should 

 do in the highest character, in pre-eminence over his 

 intellect." 



The young man's modesty is conspicuous in the above 

 narrative. He does not see how his own transparent 



