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by both Northern and Southern classes to address them on 

 the subject of " manners " ; and it may not be amiss to quote 

 from one of these lectures, as presenting a mirror of his own 

 life : " As the dress of a gentleman is quiet and unpretentious, 

 his conversation in public places and among strangers is 

 equally subdued. Good manners, though often favoured by a 

 happy constitution, do not proceed from a single root, much 

 less do they arise spontaneously from any soil. They are com- 

 plex in their origin, and result to a great degree from the most 

 sedulous culture. He who aspires to be a gentleman has an in- 

 tricate problem to solve, an up-hill path to tread. An occa- 

 sional smile however bland, obeisances and salaams be they 

 ever so Oriental, flatteries the most Parisian, the wardrobe of 

 Beau Brummel himself, the nice punctilios and etiquettes of 

 courts, will not of themselves serve the purpose. Other things 

 vastly more weighty are demanded, such as strict honour, self- 

 command, forbearance, and refined feelings; a character in 

 which all meanness and peevishness are unknown, and where 

 candour, veracity, moral and physical courage and dignity are 

 never for a moment in abeyance." After noting several mat- 

 ters of conduct, he continues : " The most natural beginning 

 in our work will be an attention to those causes which affect 

 the health. If there is neglect here grievous must be the fail- 

 ure elsewhere ; for what superstructure can you erect upon a 

 shattered constitution ? The gentleman is required first to 

 know what belongs to complete living in this world. Vigor- 

 ous health and its accompanying high spirits are larger ele- 

 ments in gentlemanly character and general happiness than 

 any other things whatever." 



A most striking feature of his after life was the realization 

 of his boyish dream as portrayed in his thesis entitled The En- 

 thusiasm of the Naturalist, which he read on graduating. The 

 material features of extensive travel, of unusual opportunities 

 for the acquisition of specimens, and the happiness of being 

 able to increase the world's knowledge these were the minor 

 points. Of greater joy to him and to those who loved him 

 were his youthful enthusiasm and the delights which lingered 

 to the very last ; when, after expressing devout gratitude for 

 his joyous life, he yearned to be free from the limitations of 

 earth and time. Mineralogy was beautiful to him. He loved 

 her every perfect specimen ; his mind dwelt on its origin and 

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