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To sit at the feet of Professor Dana and drink from the over- 
flowing fountains of his knowledge, was a privilege which once 
enjoyed could never be forgotten. One knew not which to 
admire most, the simplicity and nobility of his character, or the 
breadth and grasp of his intellect. Yet none could fail to be 
impressed with the fact that one was the complement of the 
other. Had he been less keen, thoughtful, impartial, he would 
have been less admirable as a man. WHad he been less sincere, 
unselfish, truth loving, he would have accomplished less as a 
scientist. 
Unconsciously but irresistibly as he taught geology, he 
revealed to his students his own character, and all which he 
revealed made them long to know him more deeply and truly. 
He imparted to them too, unconsciously I have no doubt, the 
principles of the successful pursuit of knowledge and the meth- 
ods by which progress in science is attained which had enabled 
him to accomplish Herculean tasks in the same direction and 
to occupy the prominent place which he did among the scien- 
tific workers of his time. 
Glancing over the notes of his talks which I made during the 
two years that I was privileged to study under his instruction, I 
find many aphorisms which he let fall indicating the methods by 
which his own success in scientific work was attained. Thus, 
when stating the different theories which had been proposed 
regarding the mode of formation of coral islands, he expressed 
a wish that borings might be made so as to learn on what foun- 
dations the islands rest, remarking, ‘‘When I get at a thing I 
want to go to the bottom of it and then I am willing to leave 
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