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great odds. The sight of such aspiration always awakened 

 his enthusiastic interest. Not a few who to-day occupy posi- 

 tions of honour and usefulness owe their success to his appre- 

 ciative, generous help. To envy his heart was wholly a stran- 

 ger, and thus his friendships with men of science, both young 

 and old, and with men great in other walks, were peculiarly 

 tender and strong. 



" In truth his kindly interest included whatever affected the 

 welfare of the race. He took pleasure in all honest effort. 

 He exulted in all honourable achievement. He felt that he 

 was personally indebted to whosoever made man better or 

 more wise. In all social problems he took profound, un- 

 flagging interest. He sought to hold in view the progress of 

 humanity in every land. In the alliance between religion 

 and philanthropy and science he was a firm believer. He was 

 confident that truth and right would triumph at last. To his 

 perception the laws of Nature were the constancy of God's 

 action, and Nature itself a transcript of the Eternal Mind." 



