296 JOSEPH HENRY, LL.ti. 



in a paralytic condition. This foretold that the 

 end was near. He died at noon, May 13, 1878, 

 asking, with his latest breath, which way the wind 

 came, as though still thinking how to save human 

 lives in a fog at sea. He was buried May 16, at 

 Eock Creek Cemetery, near Georgetown, D. C. 

 He was ready when death came. Two weeks 

 before, he said to a friend: "I may die at any 

 moment. I would like to live long enough to 

 complete some things I have undertaken, but I 

 am content to go. I have had a happy life, and I 

 hope I have been able to do some good." 



Several times during his connection with the 

 Smithsonian Institution he was offered more lucra- 

 tive positions, but he remained where he believed 

 he could be most useful. He was called to the 

 professorship of chemistry in the Medical Depart- 

 ment of the University of Pennsylvania, with 

 double the salary of his secretaryship; but he 

 declined. He was urged also to take the pres- 

 idency of the college at Princeton. John C. 

 Calhoun desired him to accept a professorship in 

 the University of Virginia, as there were so many 

 difficulties in connection with the secretaryship. 

 Henry declined, saying that " his honor was com- 

 mitted to the institution." Calhoun grasped his 

 hand, exclaiming, "Professor Henry, you are a 

 man after my own heart." 



He seemed to have no time to accumulate money. 

 Fortunately, a fund of forty thousand dollars has 

 been raised by friends, the income of which goes 



