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of the intellectual sympathies which enabled our honored head to 

 take "all knowledge for his province," but also for the rare execu- 

 tive talent which in the sphere of administration fitted him success- 

 fully to touch the springs of original inquiry at almost every point 

 in the wide domains of modern science. 



Resolved, That as we survey the long and splendid career of the 

 great philosopher, who has just fallen at his post of duty, on the 

 high places of the land, and to whose finished life the seal of death 

 has now been set, amid the universal regrets of his countrymen, 

 shared by the civilized world wherever science has a votary, we 

 shall best prove our love and veneration for his memory, not by 

 indulging in fruitless repinings, but by borrowing inspiration and 

 incentive from the sublime example left us in the purity of his life, 

 and in the beneficence of the works which still follow him though 

 he has rested from his labors. 



Resolved, That cherishing for his memory a profound admiration 

 and affection, we proffer to his bereaved family our sincerest sym- 

 pathy and condolence, and that we will attend his funeral as 

 co-mourners, in a bo<ly. 



On motion, it was further Resolved, That the Secretary transmit 

 copies of these resolutions to the family of Professor Henry, and 

 to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 



At a meeting of the General (executive) Committee of the 

 Society held May 25, 1878, it was 



Resolved, That Saturday evening, October 26, (being the time of 

 the regular meeting of the Society next preceding the annual meet- 

 ing for the election of officers,) be specially set apart and exclusively 

 devoted to a commemoration of the life, character, and services of 

 the first President of this Society — Joseph Henry; and that 

 Vice-Presidents James C. Welling and William B. Taylor 

 be requested to prepare, for that occasion, addresses illustrative of 

 the personal and scientific character of the deceased. 



