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he was especially attracted to chemical physics, and had he lived 

 to continue his labors as a geologist, his predilection for these 

 studies would doubtless have greatly modified all his geological 

 investigations. 



Personally and socially his modesty was great, and this trait 

 of character is evinced in his writings; and those who knev<r him 

 intimately loved him for his honesty, a trait of character that 

 appeared everywhere in his collection of facts and in every step 

 made toward conclusions, and he leaves behind* many to mourn 

 the loss of his genial presence, and the labors of his vigorous and 

 comprehensive mind. 



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