396 Alexander Goodman More. [1894 



which the opinion was offered ; and in lending the letters, 

 of which so many have been quoted in the course of these 

 pages, Mr. Sheridan writes : 



I can assure you I prize them very much. I feel now somehow 

 adrift in my natural history pursuits, and I cannot get any to fill his 

 place. He was like a great dictionary, a wonderful store of knowledge, 

 ever ready to impart some of his beautiful thoughts ; and when I 

 remember how cautious he was, and never selfish, I often have wished 

 I could be like him. Every person I have spoken to, who knew him, 

 says the same of him. I can assure you that his memory will always 

 remain bright with me, and always will, I am sure, with everybody who 

 had the benefit of his friendship. 



