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them, and, by noting the antennae of the insect, we 

 were enabled both to propound and to answer ques- 

 tions that would otherwise have puzzled the ablest 

 scientists. 



Thus passed our days! The last, as prolific of in- 

 terest as the first. Alas! They no longer exist, save 

 in the memory of teacher and of pupil. 



But a few words more, and the gleam of the candle, 

 growing fainter and fainter, leaves darkness once 

 again. Darkness, I say; yes, darkness save for the 

 memory of that gleam: A. RECOLLECTION. 



The Agassiz Society of Natural History met, for the 

 last time, in the lecture room, Monday evening, Au- 

 gust 3 1 st. 



Its business was simply "to consider the resolution 

 drawn up by the committee," appointed for this pur- 

 pose at a previous meeting, "on the death of Profes- 

 sor Louis Agassiz." It was accepted by the club, "as 

 an expression from the club, of their sympathy with 

 the friends of, and their love and respect for, the pro- 

 fessor taken from among them so suddenly." The 

 resolution was as follows: 



"WHEREAS, it has been decided that we, the mem- 

 bers of the Agassiz Natural History Club, attempt 

 an expression, in resolution, of our feelings upon 

 the departure of our beloved leader, and our sym- 

 pathy in this great bereavement with the many who 

 have learned to speak his name in the accents of 

 tenderness and affection, therefore, it is 

 "RESOLVED, That in the close of the grand life of Pro- 

 fessor Louis Agassiz we mourn the loss of a good 

 citizen, an earnest student, a great teacher, a faith- 

 ful friend, a true Christian, a lover of his fellow- 

 men and of God; that, though words utterly fail to 

 express the estimation in which we hold his noble 

 example and teachings, we may yet show to the 

 world our appreciation of the light that is gone in 

 our works and lives, and that from the bottoms of 

 our hearts we do sympathize with all to whom his 

 memory is dear." 



