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richly endowed. This many-sided culture and apparently boundless 

 knowledge acquired through a life of toil, often for the daily necessi- 

 ties of existence, are all the more remarkable when it is considered 

 that their possessor never enjoyed collegiate advantages and that he 

 was really self educated. 



The writer occupied a seat at Doctor McGee's table in the dining 

 room of the Cosmos Club for two or three days only a few weeks 

 before the fatal termination of the malady from which he was suf- 

 fering, and there learned from him the nature of his illness. His 

 clear and calm analysis of the incurable disease which was rapidly 

 sapping his vitality; his cheerful frame of mind while he stood almost 

 in the shadow of the last enemy; and his determination to fight off 

 as long as possible the inevitable day which none knew better than he 

 was near at hand, all conspired to add a new chaplet to the laurels of 

 a deathless fame, won by his own untiring efforts during a vigorous 

 and busy life. 



From Doctor Harvey W. Wiley, of Washington: 



My acquaintance with Doctor McGee was of long duration. I 

 met him nearly thirty years ago, and during this long period my 

 admiration and regard for him increased. His was a wholesome in- 

 fluence, manly and lasting. I knew Doctor McGee better as a man 

 than a scientist. Our specialties were far apart, but our human sym- 

 pathies close together. He was scientifically interested in man, dead 

 and living. I was working more for man, present and to come. But 

 our two fields covered all time. 



Doctor McGee was wholly unselfish. A little incident shows his 

 readiness to serve in any and all circumstances. We both attended 

 the meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Science in 

 Toronto several years ago. Lord and Lady Dufferin gave a recep- 

 tion to the Association in the Parliament House. Doctor McGee and 

 I went together. After paying our respects to the Governor Gen- 

 eral and Lady Dufferin, we took our places at the side of the large audi- 

 ence room to watch the brilliant spectacle. After the reception a 

 clergyman came up to us and said to me, "I beg your pardon, but I 

 assume you are one of the visiting scientists, and I am anxious to 



