330 MEMOIR OF GEORGE WILSON. CHAR IX. 



CHAPTER IX. 



INFLUENCE ON OTHERS INNER LIFE FAILING HEALTH. 



" 'Twas a sight 

 Of wonder to behold the body and soul. 



The self-same lineaments, the same 



Marks of identity, were there : 

 Yet, oh, how different ! one aspires to heaven, 

 Pants for its sempiternal heritage, 

 And, ever changing, ever rising still, 



Wantons in endless being. 

 The other, for a time the unwilling sport 

 Of circumstance and passion, struggles on ; 

 Fleets through its sad duration rapidly." 



QUEEN MAS. 



HAVING taken a general view of the results of the years of 

 labour noticed in the preceding chapter, let us now retrace our 

 steps, and mark the springs of action and the impulses received 

 during the period which may be considered the summer of 

 George Wilson's life : in it the harvest was ripening which, 

 not long after, showed itself ready for the sickle and the in- 

 gathering. 



The ardent love with which his students regarded him found 

 expression at the close of the Session 1845-46, in the presenta- 

 tion of a very handsome analytical balance, weighing to the 

 1000th part of a grain. It was given at a public dinner, at 

 which Professor Goodsir, Dr. Seller, Professor Dick, and other 

 friends, united with the students in manifesting kindly regard 

 and respect. 



The influence George Wilson exercised over those under his 

 care was very great ; indeed, the love with which he inspired 



