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dollars per year, and the statement " all bills paid and 

 there are no debts," is an invariable part of his annual 

 report. No wonder the State continued such a man in 

 the position. He was more careful of the State's money 

 than had it been his own, and never, we venture to say, 

 did a State ever get more for the expenditure, than from 

 the Geological Survey conducted by the scientist and 

 Christian, Doctor George H. Cook. 



He was a man of whom the State, this Institution, the 

 world of science, and the Church of Christ can well be 

 proud. He was a scientist of the highest order, thor- 

 ough, conscientious, persevering, and successful in seek- 

 ing, knowing and applying the truths of science. He 

 was also a sincere and intelligent Christian, illustrat- 

 ingin his life the entire consistency of the highest at- 

 tainments in science with fullest faith in the God of 

 the Bible. 



