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ties. As a man and a gentleman he was equally amiabfe and accom- 

 plished, simple and dignified. Few men of so extended reputation ap- 

 peared so unconcious of it; few men accomplished so much with so 

 little apparent effort; few combined more varied powers, or a greater 

 variety of excellent traits, all founded on solid worth. Few men brought 

 a happier countenance into a sick chamber, or inspired more confidence 

 while there, or commanded more respect in consultation. Few under- 

 stood better those nicer delicacies and discriminating proprieties which 

 should govern a man in those peculiar trials which the profession some- 

 limes presents. — Evening Bulhtin^ Philadelphia. 



Seldom has our city been more deeply moved in its literary and pro- 

 fessional ranks, by the ravages of death, than during the past week, in 

 the comparatively sudden and unexpected decease of Dr. Samuel 

 George Morton. After a short sickness of about four days, disease 

 had done its perfect work. Little did we think, as we saw him in God s 

 house on the Sunday previous to the fatal aUack, that he was never to 

 tread those courts again ; that we were delivering to one immortal be-^. 

 a; ing at least, the last public ministrations of grace that would ever fall- 



upon his ear. The manly form, the gentle mien, the thoughtful man- 

 ner, the apparent vigor, gave hope and promise for future years of toil 

 and usefulness. * * * * — Episcopal Recorder^ Philadelphia. 



Dr. Morion's collection of Crania, the basis of his principal work, is 

 the largest in the world, and is the great feature in the museum of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences in which il is deposited. It was col- 

 lected at his own private expense and by his individual exertions. His 

 zeal in scientific research was not less to be admired than his cool 

 judgment, clear discrimination, and deference for the opinion and feel- 

 ings of others. " In France,'' said the late lamented Dr. Prichard, 

 "where scientific men have long been devoted, under the patronage 

 of the government, to researches on this subject; in England, posses- 

 sed of her immense advantages of wealth and intercourse: in the 

 academies of Italy and Germany ; in all of these and with all their 

 advantages, nothing has been done which equals the results of Dr. 

 Morton's unaided labors, in a world which we call new." 



The impetus which he gave to this branch of science has been felt 

 even in Russia, where the Emperor has founded in St. Petersburg a 

 national museum which can only hope to equal that of our lamented 

 countryman. Wherever science has her votaries, the news of Dr. 

 Morton's death will carry pain. * * * — New York Trihine of 

 May 20 th. 



Dr. Morton was President of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia at the time of his decease, and his loss falls with special 

 severity upon the members of the Academy who have found in his 

 life, as their resolutions say, "an example of earnest and successful zeal 

 in the pursuit and promotion of learning, in the cultivation of wisdom 

 and virtue, and in the practice of the highest liberality and benevolence. 

 A marble tablet to his memory, appropriately inscribed, will be placed 

 by the Academy in its hall. 



