DOCTOR COOK AS A MAN OF SCIENCE. 



BY THE REV. J. B. DRURY, D. D. 



T HAVE been invited on this memorial occasion to 

 speak a few words on Doctor Cook as a man of 

 science. He was a many-sided man, well recognized in 

 the arrangements for this commemorative gathering. 

 Others have been requested to speak of him as a teacher, 

 a devoted citizen of New Jersey, the head of a geological 

 survey and as a colleague in college work, in each of 

 which spheres he won distinction. But, concededly great 

 and useful as he was in all these capacities, his eminence 

 as a man of science is even more surely and deservedly 

 established. As a scientist, he possessed qualities which 

 command remark and admiration. 



He was so thorough, so indefatigable, so broad, so 

 exact, so independent, and withal so modest and free from 

 personal ambition, that in him we find a rare combination, 

 which serves to explain the high distinction he won and 

 the influence he exerted, both among his scientific asso- 

 ciates, his pupils and the common people. He possessed 

 in an eminent degree the scientific mind. He was a close 

 and accurate observer. No detail escaped his inquisitive 

 attention. His power of analysis was keen, neglecting no 

 factor entering into phenomena. In synthesis he was 

 equally exhaustive, ever careful to omit nothing essential 



