274 SIB CHARLES LYELL. 



early youth to extreme old age, it was to him a 

 solemn religious duty to be incessantly learning, 

 constantly growing, fearlessly correcting his own 

 ' mistakes, always ready to receive and reproduce 

 from others that which he had not in himself. 

 Science and religion for him not only were not 

 divorced, but were one and indivisible." Tnily 

 said Tyndall, Huxley, and others, "For the last 

 twenty-five years he has been the most prominent 

 geologist in the world; equally eminent for the 

 extent of his labors and the breadth of his philo- 

 sophical views." 



To the last Sir Charles Lyell kept his affection- 

 ate, tender heart, with gentle and kindly manners. 

 He was fair to his opponents, and appreciative of 

 all talent. He took time to help others. He urged 

 the name of Agassiz as the lecturer before the Low- 

 ell Institute, Boston, and we all know the grand 

 results of his coming. Those who have no time to 

 help others usually fail of help when their own 

 time of need comes. Lyell was singularly free 

 from vanity, egotism, or jealousy. He loved nat- 

 ure devotedly, the grandeur of the sea especially 

 impressing him ; he never tired of wandering alone 

 beside it. He had great steadiness of purpose, 

 and calm judgment. His perseverance was untir- 

 ing; his power of work remarkable; his sympathy 

 boundless. He was never narrow or opinionated. 

 He died as he had lived ; honored the world over 

 for his amazing knowledge, and loved for his un- 

 selfish, earnest, and beautiful character. 



