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the means of supporting such an institution and publishing its results came wholly from 

 their professional earnings. 



These men and their fellows were all enthusiastically devoted to research in this new 

 field of the Pacific ; they were almost beyond the reach of the scientific world and without 

 its literature, but they shirked no labor and no obligation. The story of their struggles 

 and tribulations is almost pathetic ; in the early golden days it was heroic. Dr. Kellogg 

 did his full quota of work among workers, and bore his share of the trials ; he never lost 

 hope, he inspired others with his enthusiasm, he quieted dissension ; he was confident 

 there would spread among our people a desire for that scientific knowledge which is the 

 foundation of the practical. Beyond the wild rush for wealth and the unsettledness of that 

 period he forsaw the growth of schools, colleges, universities and societies for every branch 

 of scientific research. He had a cheering word for every efibrt, he assisted each young 

 aspirant, he gave his time lavishly to investigation and to that difi"usion of knowledge 

 which is for the betterment of the people. 



It was the unselfish and successful work of Kellogg and his colleagues through twenty 

 years that educted the first munificent gift of James Lick, and the second still greater one. 

 It was his devotion that subsequently elicited the noble gift of Charles Crocker for the 

 endowment of original research. In fact, the California Academy of Sciences owes its 

 present standing in science and wealth to the labors of Dr. Kellogg and his fellow 

 workers. 



As Dr. Kellogg's years gradually increased, the field of investigation before him 

 seemed to expand a hundred fold, and again his singleness of purpose asserted itself He 

 forsook his profession to devote his life to botany ; he forgot where the raiment, the susten- 

 ance and the house protection were to come from. He faithfully believed that his other- 

 self, Harford just as devoted and as needful as himself would see that he was clothed, 

 fed and protected. For the rest, his time was no longer his own ; he gave it unreservedly 

 for the benefit of his fellow men. His pencil and his pen wfere never afterwards out of his 

 hands while daylight lasted. In the moments of recreation at eventide, or upon the Sab- 

 bath, his love for children prompted him to tell the story of the flowers and the beauty 

 and majesty of the trees. 



He was the embodiment of modesty in manhood. His heart was as gentle, as sweet, 

 and as innocent as a woman's. His speech was clean and refined; always for the right, for 

 the needy, for the struggling. He was startled at an attack upon religious purity, and 

 then his words rose swiftly in force and directness. His soul revolted against chicanery, 

 intrigue and the petty meannesses of the trickster, the backbiter, and the prevaricator; and 

 his condemnation was unhesitating and piercing. He shrank from the charlatan and the 

 sham; to him they were an unnatural growth in morals and in science. His sense of 



