166 SIR HUMPHREY DAVY. 



ence." Reviving somewhat, they journeyed from 

 Italy to Geneva, by slow and easy travel, arriving 

 May 28, 1829. In the night, at half-past two, Sir 

 Humphrey was taken very ill, and died almost im- 

 mediately. 



He was buried June 1, in the cemetery outside 

 the walls of the city, having requested to be in- 

 terred where he died, without any display. The 

 grave is marked by a simple monument erected by 

 his wife. She also founded a prize in his honor, 

 to be given every two years, for the most original 

 and important discovery in chemical science. 

 Only fifty, and his work finished, -no not fin- 

 ished, for his books and his discoveries, his char- 

 acter, with its earnest perseverance, its tenderness, 

 its sympathy, its noble aspirations, and its help- 

 fulness to mankind, will live forever ! 



