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cut short his scientific career. He was able, however, to enjoy 

 the society of his immediate friends and to keep up an interest 

 in his favorite pursuits quite to the close, which occurred from 

 an apoplectic attack, on the morning of the 1st of November 

 last. 



Dr. Lindley was a man of marked character. While his 

 biographer declared that " he was hot in temper and impa- 

 tient of opposition," he no less truly adds that, " on the other 

 hand, he had the warmest of hearts and the most generous of 

 dispositions." He seemed as incapable of cherishing a resent- 

 ment, as of repressing the expression of indignation for what 

 he thought wrong ; and if at times he made enemies, he was 

 almost sure in time to convert his enemies into friends. 



