A NEW BROTHERHOOD. 61 



ralists, poets, priests, and mathematicians. Less 

 would have been said on this subject had not Goodsir 

 come to be the alter ego of Forbes in the " Brother- 

 hood," and given the last touches to the amended 

 principles issued in 1841, a copy of which occupies 

 the preceding page. 



Goodsir was a noble example of the brotherhood 

 that sought to bind man to man in ties of home 

 and friendship, love and goodwill ; he was a brother 

 of help and of counsel in scientific research, and 

 free from petty misgivings and jealousy of his com- 

 peers. No man, after Forbes — the Archimagus — 

 showed a more catholic spirit in maintaining the 

 principles of the "Order;" no one was more eager 

 for the interpretation of truth, and few, if any, had 

 greater hopes of a day of promise and fulfilment 

 i i waiting the patient investigation of organized bodies. 



With these fraternal bonds came a renewal of 

 the fraternal workings of Goodsir and Forbes, cither 

 at Anstruther or in Edinburgh, when the former 

 could be spared from his father's practice. It was 

 pleasant to see these men together — the Scot, of 

 quiet demeanour, staid and studious ; the Manxman, 

 with lone shining black hair, moustache, smart attire, 

 Bailor-freedom of manner — having so much in com- 

 mon, and such similarity of pursuits, so thoughtful 

 at work, highly observant and gentlemanly. For a 

 time marine zoology engaged them ; but as years 

 rolled over, the double slur affinities of their seientilie 

 course diverged more and more. Unman anatomy, 



