INTRODUCTION. 



It is with great pleasure that I respond to the 

 invitation to write an Introduction to the Life 

 and Work of the late W. B. Tegetmeier : a man 

 whom I, like all who were brought in contact 

 with him, held in the warmest affection and 

 respect. I think those who had the good fortune 

 to know him intimately would agree that the 

 salient points in his character were inflexible 

 honesty of purpose and high moral courage ; 

 and that it was to these qualities he owed in 

 great measure the place he won in the spheres 

 to which he devoted himself. 



Strong, practical good sense dictated all his 

 actions, and when he had made up his mind 

 that the course he proposed to adopt was 

 right, no thought of personal consequence could 

 influence him ; he was then utterly indifferent 

 to unpopularity or odium. 



He was a man upon whom it was always 

 possible to rely for an honest opinion on any 

 subject ; he would not obtrude his views unasked ; 

 but when called upon to express an opinion or 

 give advice, it was nothing to him whether what 

 he had to say were acceptable or the reverse : 

 as one who knew him well wrote, " He said what 



