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the force and humour of the quotations, felt their dignity 1862. 

 at stake, the indisputable truth of every sentence justified 

 the utterance. Many of the students who felt the im- 

 portance of all that had been brought forward in this 

 playful guise signed a request that he would print the 

 lecture. A similar request was also sent privately from 

 Cambridge. He meant to rearrange and add to it before 

 publication, but he never had time for this, and the 

 slightest notes only are left. 



I ought not to leave out his work in Life Assurance, 

 but of this I can say very little. I have heard it said 

 that his attention was drawn to this subject by iny father, 

 who, from his own pursuits, was supposed to be interested 

 in it. This was not so, however. The two had always 

 mutual subjects of more interest to discuss, and, as far 

 as I recollect, it was scarcely mentioned between them till 

 Mr. De Morgan, who had been consulted on some Com- 

 pany's business, referred to my father for information as 

 to their way of doing it, a subject on which he had been 

 consulted before. My husband frequently gave opinions 

 on insurance questions. He was a contributor to the 

 Insurance Record, and gave many valuable papers to it 

 and to the magazine of the Institute of Actuaries. One 

 of the longest articles in this was a severe criticism and 

 exposure of Mr. T. E. Edmonds, who had given to the 

 world as his own a discovery which was made by Mr. 

 Benjamin Gompertz. The latter was distantly related by 

 marriage to Mr. De Morgan's family. 



The last paper in the Insurance Record to which his ^i lui ; e T 



Albert Life 



name is appended relates to the Albert Life Assurance Office. 

 Company. In 1861 he had made the valuation according to 

 the data furnished to him, and in 1862 gave his opinion 

 that the Society was in a condition to give a bonus. 

 When, eight years after, the Society was declared bank- 

 rupt, under circumstances which were far from creditable 

 to the management, his name and opinion were brought 

 forward as a justification of their proceedings. This was 



