LIFE OF JAMES DWIGHT DANA 



believed to be the truth ; and with boldness and power 

 he stood by both the Bible and the science, until now 

 there are few to question his faith. 



" And while the science and truth have thus made 

 progress here, through these labors of fifty years, the 

 means of study in the institution have no less increased. 

 Instead of that half-bushel of stones, which once went to 

 Philadelphia for names, in a candle-box, you see above 

 the largest mineral cabinet in the country, which but for 

 Professor Silliman, his attractions and his personal exer- 

 tions together, would never have been one of the glories 

 of old Yale. And there are also in the same hall large 

 collections of fossils of the chalk, wealden, and tertiary 

 of England, which, following the course of affection and 

 admiration, came from Doctor Mantell to Professor Silli- 

 man, and now have their place with the other ' Medals 

 of Creation ' there treasured, along with similar collec- 

 tions from M. Alexander Brongniart of Paris. Thus the 

 stream has been ever flowing, and this institution has 

 had the benefit of it, a stream not solely of minerals and 

 fossils, but also of pupils and friends. 



" Moreover, the American Journal of Science, now in 

 its thirty-seventh year and seventieth volume, projected 

 and long sustained solely by Professor Silliman, while 

 ever distributing truth, has also been ever gathering 

 honors, and is one of the laurels of Yale. 



" We rejoice that in laying aside his studies, after so 

 many years of labor, there is still no abated vigor. 

 Youth with him has been perpetual. Years will make 

 some encroachments as they pass; yet Time, with some, 

 seems to stand aloof when the inner temple is guarded by 

 a soul of genial sympathies and cheerful goodness. He 

 retires as one whose right it is to throw the burden on 

 others. Long may he be with us, to enjoy the good he 

 has done, and cheer us by his noble and benign presence." 



Like Silliman, Dana was soon invited to deliver public 

 lectures in different cities, usually under the auspices of 

 Young Men's Institutes. The only extended tour that 

 he consented to make was made in the winter of 1857, 

 when he visited in rapid succession Utica, Fort Plains, 

 Canajoharie, Buffalo, Cleveland, Louisville, Cincinnati, 



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