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more of the solid beautiful nature tliaii of the intel- 

 lectual gifts, more of his manly simplicity and sincerity 

 than of aU his knowledge and his long services. 



But his personality left the deepest impression, 

 perhaps, upon those who studied under him and 

 worked with him longest, before taking their place 

 elsewhere in the front ranks of biological science. 



With him (Professor A. Hubrecht^ writes), we his 

 younger disciples, always felt that in acute criticism and 

 vast learning nobody surpassed him, but still what we 

 yet more admired than his learning was his wisdom. It 

 was always a delight to read any new article or essay 

 from his pen, but it was an ever so much higher delight 

 to hear him talk for five minutes. His was the most 

 beautiful and the most manly intellect I ever knew o£ 



So, too, Professor E. Eay Lankester : — 



There has been no man or woman whom I have 

 met on my journey thi-ough life, whom I have loved and 

 regarded as I have him, and I feel that the world has 

 shrunk and become a poor thing, now that his splendid 

 spirit and delightful presence are gone from it Ever 

 since I was a little boy he has been my ideal and hero. 



While the late Jeffery Parker concludes his Recol- 

 lections with these words : — 



Whether a professor is iisually a hero to his demon- 

 strator I cannot say ; I only know that, looking back 

 across an interval of many years and a distance of half 

 the circumference of the globe, I have never ceased to be 

 impressed with the manliness and sincerity of his character, 

 his complete honesty of purpose, his high moral standard, 



^ Of Utrecht Uiaversity. 



