vey, this would have resulted from the work of other men 

 like Dana and Leslie, and other various geologists, includ- 

 ing the distinguished head of the United States Geologi- 

 cal Survey, Major Powell, who is here to take part in these 

 memorial exercises, but I am certain that the State of 

 New Jersey would not have had any knowledge worth 

 talking about of its present resources and of the mag- 

 nificent development which awaits it in the future if 

 Doctor Cook's services had not been secured for the 

 work which he accomplished. That work lasted twenty- 

 five years. 



During all that time Doctor Cook went in and out of the 

 houses of this State, making friends of every man, woman 

 and child whom he met. Did anyone ever hear an evil 

 word of him ? Did anyone ever hear a complaint? Was 

 not his praise in the mouth of every intelligent citizen of 

 this State ? And the fact that he was able to go on for 

 twenty-five years backed by the unanimous vote of the 

 Legislature in the work he was doing, and that no other 

 man ever thought he could do it as well as Doctor Cook, 

 that there never was any candidate spoken of for the place, 

 and that he was served with a loyalty by his distinguished 

 assistants, all of whom have made names for themselves 

 in the history of science in this country, and many of 

 whom will be the leading scientific men in the future, is 

 the best possible commentary upon his career of honor, 

 usefulness and self-sacrifice. 



No one of these assistants ever for a moment thought 

 he could take the place of Doctor Cook, and now that he 

 has gone, who can know the man that could have taken 

 his place if his work had not been finished ? Yes, he went 

 up into the mountain, he saw the promised land, he took 

 the people of this State with him to the borders, but 

 he was not permitted to enter. But his loyal band of 



