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hand, never of the honor or reward due to himself. We revere the 

 man who met death with serene and unconquerable faith in the ulti- 

 mate and enduring victory of the cause of humanity for which his 

 life had been spent. 



[Signed] HERBERT A. SMITH, 

 PHILIP P. WELLS, 

 H. A. SLATTERY. 



From the Fourth National Conservation Congress: 



We here place on record our sense of the deep loss by the country 

 through the untimely death of Doctor W J McGee, a member of a 

 Committee of this Congress, a scientific man of broad attainment, 

 and of the widest human sympathy, whose helpfulness in these Con- 

 gresses and many similar meetings will be sadly missed. 



From the National Geographic Society: 



The National Geographic Society wishes to express, at this Memo- 

 rial Meeting, its appreciation of the scientific ability and work of its 

 former President, Doctor W J McGee. He was one of the world's 

 foremost scientists, and his investigations covered a wide range of 

 subjects. As geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, his work was 

 masterly and his contributions to these sciences were among the 

 most notable of his time. 



In geography, his interests were at first in physical geography, or 

 geomorphology. They are so numerous and varied, that it is possible 

 to mention only a very few. One of the most important of his works 

 is a classification of topographic forms by genesis, published as a brief 

 brochure in the first number of the National Geographic Magazine. 



It is difficult, if not impossible, to separate McGee's geographic 

 work from his geologic work, since they were often carried on together, 

 the one aiding and supplementing the other. Thus, he discovered 

 that geologic history could in many cases be read from topographic 

 forms, and in his work upon the Coastal Plain he used this means 

 extensively in unraveling the geology. 



He early studied glacial erosion and deposition, and many of the 

 now well known and basic facts regarding the work of glaciers were 

 first developed by him, including peculiarities of forms of moraines, 



