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the laws of culture, and by these laws 

 learn to construct a better future. Thus 

 we study the philosophy of the past, not 

 that we may adopt that philosophy, but 

 that we learn the laws of progress and 

 avoid the errors of the past and construct 

 a wiser future. 



In the history of philosophy two lessons 

 are plainly taught. The first is that no 

 man can evolve an enduring philosophy 

 from his own thought, but that philosophy 

 must be evolved from facts, for the wrecks 

 of such philosophies are scattered over the 

 pages of thought from the time of Plato to 

 the time of Hegel. The second great lesson 

 is this, that the construction of an endur- 

 ing philosophy is not the work of one mind, 

 but of a multitude of men who gather their 

 materials by scientific research. Since the 

 days of Aristotle the wrecks of such at- 

 tempts have strewn the highway of history. 

 Even Descartes failed to do more than to 

 make a contribution, while Newton and 

 Darwin gave us but materials for philosophy, 

 not philosophy itself A host of men have 

 engaged in this work collecting and organiz- 

 ing materials, and another host yet to live 

 must carry on the work ere a scientific 

 philosophy is developed, while the struc- 

 tures which have hitherto been developed 

 mark but the stages of growth and those 

 philosophies which have been wrought of 

 pure thought ; thought not informed by 

 fact, are great lighthouses of warning to 

 guide us from the rocks. It is thus as a 

 philosopher of the scientific school that 

 Dana's name will be remembered and 

 Dana's contributions forever remain. 



In a quiet street of the good old town of 

 New Haven, Dana labored far from the tur- 

 bulent crowd, absorbed in facts of observa- 

 tion and acquisition, loving and loved as 

 only the quiet student can love and be 

 loved. No pageantry marked his life, no 

 glittering honors shed their luster over his 

 career; he built only as the philosopher 



builds and he lived only as the philosopher 

 lives. 



The thoughts of early man are now unknown ; 



In all the tomes of world no page is his. 



The grand phenomena of arching heaven, 



The wondrous scenes of widespread earth and sea, 



The pleasure, sweet and hitter pain of life, 



As these are known to-day so were they then, 



But all in psychic terms of simple men. 



And yet his thoughts live on to later time. 



As mind has grown the thoughts have been enlarged, 



Revolving oft in human soul through life, 



In grand endeavor yet to reach the truth, 



Repeated o'er by streams of countless men, 



And changing e'er with oaind's expanding view. 



Till errors old have grown to science new. 



With knowledge gained man never is content : 

 Nor wold, nor mount, nor gorge, nor icy field. 

 Nor depths of sea, nor heights of starry sky, 

 Can daunt his courage in this high emprise. 

 Or sate the vision of his longing eyes. 



J. W. Powell. 



PASTEUB. 



Ladies and Gentlemen : I am to speak 

 to you of the life and achievements of one 

 who has won imperishable renown by his 

 valuable contributions to human knowledge, 

 and who has recently been buried in the 

 city in which his scientific labors have been 

 prosecuted, with all the honors which it was 

 possible for a grateful people to confer. It 

 is certainly a happy augury for the future 

 when the man of science, whose achieve- 

 ments have been the result of painstaking 

 and laborious work in the laboratory, re- 

 ceives the grateful plaudits of his fellow- 

 men during his life time and the honors 

 which were formerly only paid to civil po- 

 tentates or military heroes when his body 

 is committed to the tomb. It has been the 

 fortune of few men to contribute so largely 

 to the sum of useful knowledge, and fewer 

 still have lived to receive such ample recog- 

 nition of the value of their scientific work. 



Pasteur's success has been due to a com- 

 bination of personal qualities which especi- 

 ally fitted him for the pioneer work which 



