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doubt and difficulty. The honesty of his opinion and the straight- 

 forwardness with which his advice was given, in conjunction with 

 his sympathetic manner of giving it, secured for him a respect 

 and affection that lasted a lifetime. His wonderful magnetism 

 and ready tact constituted him a leader of men, and had his 

 great abilities turned to statesmanship, he would have been a 

 great power for the good of his country. He was a true Imperialist 

 and a firm believer in the strength and integrity of the British 

 Empire. 



His dearest wish was to live until the termination of the 

 Great War, every phase of which he studied with the most intense 

 interest, and his fervent hope was that he might be spared to see 

 a proper readjustment of subsequent world conditions, and a ful- 

 filment of the high ideals that were at stake. 



Prof. Macoun was a Presbyterian in religion and was an 

 elder in St. Andrew's Church, Ottawa, for many years previous 

 to his departure for British Columbia in 1912. . 



He was married in 1862 to Miss Ellen Terrill, Wooler, Ont., 

 who survived him until February 2, 1922. His children are: 

 Mrs. A. O. Wheeler, Sidney, B.C.; Mrs. R. A. Kingman, 

 Wallingford, Vt. ; Mrs. W. M. Everall, Victoria, B.C. ; and Mr. 

 W. T. Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist, Experimental Farm, 

 Ottawa, Ont. His eldest son, Mr. James M. Macoun, Chief of 

 the Biological Division of the Geological Survey, predeceased 

 him by a few months. 



