DEATH 



walked out as usual, with no indications of increasing in- 

 firmities. On Saturday, the I3th, he did not feel as well 

 as usual, and on Sunday he kept his bed. In the evening 

 signs of exhaustion came on, and before a physician could 

 reach him, life had departed. This was on April 14, 1895, 

 when he was eighty-two years and two months old. The 

 Wednesday following he was borne to his grave in the old 

 cemetery on Grove street, in New Haven, the bier being 

 followed by kindred, colleagues, neighbors, students, and 

 by some of his friends from a distance, religious services 

 having been held at his house. 



The posthumous tributes that were paid to this great 

 naturalist were numerous. His elder son, colleague and 

 successor in the editorial chair, published at once an out- 

 line of the father's life, so complete and satisfactory that 

 subsequent notices have been based upon it, the filling 

 in of his skilful sketch. Dr. Hunger, pastor of the 

 United church in New Haven, a few days after the 

 funeral preached a discourse on the " Creation," and 

 concluded with an extended eulogy of one who had 

 been a lifelong student of nature. The American 

 Oriental Society, in session at New Haven, the day 

 before the funeral passed resolutions recognizing the 

 value of Dana's contributions to the knowledge of the 

 Orient. His name was naturally associated with that of 

 the distinguished philologist, Professor Whitney, who 

 had died in New Haven a few months previous. Presi- 

 dent Dwight, in a discourse at Commencement, eulogized 

 the two careers. The Yale Alumni Association of New 

 York adopted a minute commemorating both scholars in 

 terms of admiration and gratitude.* The scientific jour- 

 nals, far and near, and the scientific societies of Europe 

 and America recorded their reverence and respect. The 

 Brooklyn Institute held a public meeting to rehearse the 



* Judge Rowland presided and the minute was presented by Hon. D. H. 

 Chamberlain. 



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