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admiration, not only for the variety and depth of his lore, and 

 for the amplitude of the intellectual sympathies which enabled 

 our honored head to take "all knowledge for his province," but 

 also for the rare executive talent which, in the sphere of adminis- 

 tration, fitted him successfully 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 borrovy- 

 ing 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. 



Besolved, That, cherishing for his memory a profound admira- 

 tion and affection, we proffer to his bereaved family our sincerest 

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

 co-mourners in a body. 



It was further 



Besolved, That the Secretaries transmit copies of these reso- 

 lutions to the family of Professor Henry, and to the Regents of 

 the Smithsonian Institution. 



144th Meeting. Mat 25, 1818. 



Yice-President Welling in the Chair. 



Thirty-five members and visitors present. 



The election of Mr. Walter Hayden Graves and Mr. Joseph 

 Badger Martin as members of the Society was announced. 



Mr. Alvord read a paper on 



"the intersection of circles and the intersection 

 op spheres." 



