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R. Astronomical, Geographical, and Antiquarian Societies in 

 London ; the editors of Nature ; the Geological Society in 

 Glasgow ; Boston S. K H. ; Mr. W. E. Dubois ; American 

 Academy of A. and S. ; American Journal of A. and S. ; 

 Prof. F. L. 0. Roehrig ; American Journal of Pharmacy ; 

 Mr. J. W. iTystrom ; and the Chief of Engineers, U. S. A. 



The Committee appointed to draft a minute of the death 

 of Professor Agassiz presented the following report, which 

 was adopted : 



The Committee to whom was intrusted the duty of pre- 

 paring resolutions expressive of the sorrow felt by the mem- 

 bers of this Society for the death of their distinguished 

 fellow-member, Louis John Rudolph Agassiz, respectfully 

 report the following minute to be placed upon the records : 



In removing the name of Professor Agassiz from its list 

 of living members, the American Philosophical Society loses 

 one of its most valued connections with the active world of 

 science. But this name, transferred to the list of the departed, 

 will always stand upon its records to its honor as an associ- 

 ation of men of many nationalities for the promotion of 

 useful knowledge. 



Of such men Louis Agassiz was a conspicuous leader, a 

 powerful coadjutor, a genial and inspiring companion. The 

 loss lamented by this Society is keenly felt in every part 

 of Christendom, His investigations have been pursued in 

 80 many regions of modern research, that scientific men in 

 all branches sympathize with one another at his death. 

 Great as a Comparative Zoologist, he was specially unrivaled 

 as an Ichthyologist. He was profoundly versed in the science 

 of the beginnings of life He was the accepted expositor of 

 glacial phenomena in their geological connections. His 

 collections were made on an unprecedented scale of grandeur, 

 and studied with boundless ardor, wisdom and success. He 

 knew how to induce civilians and legislators to a noble dis- 

 charge of their obligations to physical science. He knew 

 how to train original investigators in their youth, brighten 

 their hopes, and enliven their aspirations in riper years; tiding 

 them safely over the shoals of literary vanity and scientific 

 ambition, and inspiring them with a loftier enthusiasm for 

 truth itself. Coming to a new world as an Apostle of 

 Original Investigation, every man of science in America 

 sooner or later felt the influence of his presence. He charmed 



