126 MEMORIAL SKETCH. 



In 1872, he had filled the Presidential chair of the British 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. The next 

 year he was made a Corresponding Member of the Institute 

 of France, the name which was submitted as an alternative 

 to the choice of the electors being that of Charles Darwin. 

 And Mr. Disraeli, soon after coming into power in 1874, 

 conceiving that his services to education and science de- 

 served recognition, recommended him to the Queen, without 

 political or official prompting, for the order of Companion 

 of the Bath. To these distinctions the Senate of the Uni- 

 versity had it not in their power to add ; but they recorded 

 their sense, not only of the ability, judgment, and fidelity 

 with which he had uniformly discharged the duties of his 

 post, but also of the zeal and efficiency with which he had 

 on all occasions exerted himself, both within and beyond 

 the limits of his official obligation, for the promotion of the 

 best interests of the University ; and they expressed their 

 conviction of the advantage conferred upon it by the 

 services of a Registrar who, besides being an excellent 

 administrator of its affairs, had attained, by his scientific 

 labours, a position which gave him a just weight and in- 

 fluence over those with whom he was officially brought 

 into contact. When the next vacancy occurred, his name 

 was placed upon the list of the Senate, and he continued 

 to take an active share in its deliberations.* 



The sense of occasional strain now passed out of Dr. 

 Carpenter's life ; but his days were no less fully occupied 

 than before. He had more leisure to write, though writing 

 became more irksome, and from the vantage ground of 

 experience, and detachment from professional interests, he 

 addressed himself with fresh energy to questions new and 

 old. He had published two years before a little volume on 



* His portrait was painted by subscription among the graduates, and now 

 hangs in the Senate-room. 



