xxii THE LIFE AND CHARACTER 



at his passing, and that we cherish his memory as another of 

 his great gifts to science and to humanity." 



The following sentences, written by Marston T. Bogert, 

 Charles F. Chandler, and William H. Nichols, and entered 

 upon the minutes of the New York Section of the Society of 

 Chemical Industry, express again the general appreciation 

 of his life and character: 



"Morris Loeb, chemist, investigator, educator, upright 

 and useful citizen, altruist, philanthropist, generous patron 

 and benefactor of art, of sciences, and of all good works, ever 

 ready to bear more than his share of the burdens of the com- 

 munity and always to be found on the side of righteousness, 

 justice, and truth, lived his life of quiet power without arro- 

 gance or display. Always modest concerning his own dis- 

 tinguished career and many accomplishments, with charity 

 towards all and unkind criticism of none, he was ever 

 a courteous, genial, and polished gentleman of high ideals, 

 whose chief aim and purpose was to be of assistance to his 

 fellow-men, and who realized to the full that the highest 

 reward of service is the privilege of having been of service. 



"Now that the temporary scaffolding of life has fallen 

 away, the true nobility of his character stands clearly revealed 

 in all its commanding beauty and dignity, an imperishable 

 monument of a life's work well done and a worthy inspiration 

 to others. Such manhood is the real glory to any country. 

 The world is the better for his having lived in it, and we are 

 the better for having known him." 



Any statement of the good wrought by this ardent worker 

 in the cause of science regarded as an agent for human ad- 

 vancement would be incomplete without allusion to several 

 of the provisions of his will. By it he assured, as has been 

 already said, the permanence of The Chemists' Club as a 



