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earnest in his protest against that view and 

 asserted his belief that the majority of 

 scientific men were working toward the 

 improvement of things and that it was the 

 destiny of science to be the salvation of the 

 world. At another time he unfolded the 

 idea that man through science was ap- 

 proaching step by step nearer the Infinite 

 Ruler of the Universe, and that it was only 

 through these activities that he could hope 

 to reach his proper destiny ; that every 

 amelioration in life, every improvement in 

 manners, every change in theological tenets, 

 was a token of man's unfolding through the 

 working of intellectual forces. 



Our lasting regret must be that Goode's 

 life terminated just as he had richly earned 

 the right to retire from the scientific service 

 of his country, from your service and mine, 

 my friends, to devote himself more exclu- 

 sively to his own researches. 



As early as 1880, during the herculean 

 task of entering the New N"ational Museum, 

 Goode remarked to one of his friends : " We 

 have had pretty hard scrambling ; I think 

 we will take a rest presently." But alas, 

 the rest daj's never came. One duty after 

 another fell heavily upon his too willing 

 shoulders. All must have observed in later 

 years a certain quiet melancholy which 

 marked his overwork and conscious ina- 

 bility to cope with all that his ambitious 

 and resourceful spirit prompted. None the 

 less he showed a continuous and rapid in- 

 tellectual development during the last ten 

 years of his life, and it was evident that his 

 powers were constantly expanding and that 

 his brightest and most productive daj^s were 

 to come in his projected independent and 

 joint researches. As before noted, his ' Geo- 

 graphical Distribution of Deep-Sea Fishes ' 

 was nearly completed, the charts having 

 been exhibited before the Biological Society, 

 and a mass of voluminous notes and valu- 

 able observations are ready to show that 

 the distribution of deep-sea fishes is far 



from being general, as has been supposed, 

 and that there are certain well defined 

 thalassic faunal regions. Another projected 

 work for which extensive materials were 

 collected was upon the ' Fishes of Amei'- 

 ica,' in which Dr. Theodore Gill was to have 

 cooperated. 



He was always encouraged by his su- 

 preme faith in the reward of honest intel- 

 lectual labor, and it is pleasant to recall 

 now that he took the keenest satisfaction in 

 the completion and publication of the ' Oce- 

 anic Ichthyology,' which revived in him all 

 his old natural history spirit. He regarded 

 it as his chief life work, and once observed 

 to his fellow- writer, Tarleton Bean, " it will 

 be our monument," little foreseeing that in 

 a fortnight he would be gone and that his 

 friends and admirers all over the woi'ld 

 would share this very thought in receiving 

 the fine monograph a few weeks after his 

 sudden and unexpected death. 



Our friend has gone to his fathers. As a 

 public spirited naturalist he leaves us the 

 tender memory and the noble example 

 which helps us and will help many coming 

 men into the higher conception of duty in 

 the service and promotion of the truth. 

 We cannot forget his smile nor his arm 

 passing through the arm of his friend. 

 Thinking little of himself and highly of 

 others, faithful to his duties and loyal to 

 his friends, fall of good cheer and helpful- 

 ness, it is hard for us to close up the ranks 

 and march on without him. 



Henry Fairfield Osborn. 



THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. 

 A GROWTH, NOT A CREATION. 



We Americans do not, as a rule, believe 

 in 'the day of small things.' Whatever 

 we do we like to do on a great scale and 

 with a great rush and a great noise. Some- 

 times we are unwilling to do anything 

 at all until we can do something very 

 grand. Unquestionably, it is wise not 



