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his well-stored mind and his boundless kindness and enthusiasm. But he is gone, 
and we have left only the memory of his inspiring presence, our undimmed affec- 
tion and the ever useful record of his works. And how we miss him at every 
step ; the void is yet painfully vacant, four years after his untimely death. How 
we used him in every undertaking to counsel and help us. His loss to the Acad- 
emy and to science in Kansas can never be estimated. It is scarcely too much 
to say that if he had lived we would have had a geological survey before 
this; for his extraordinary popularity throughout the State, and the profound 
respect and regard in which he was held by all classes of intelligent people, 
would have gone far towards securing that much desired enterprise. 
I have collected some reminiscences of our dear friend and benefactor in 
connection with notes gathered relative to the steps taken toward the organiza- 
tion of the first natural history society and its history. They are from my glean- 
ings, from contributions by different friends, especially by Mrs. Mudge, and from 
personal recollections. The first brief report of the geological survey of Kansas 
gives an outline of his early scientific labors in the State of his adoption. * 
* * * * It was during the war and attended with many 
difficulties. The field wag new and its geological features entirely different from 
those to which he had been accustomed in his New England home. Though 
harder for him it only added zest to his enthusiasm, and he brayely overcame 
obstacles which would have discouraged one less in love with Nature and her 
laws. His own wants were few and simple. With public funds he was strictly 
conscientious, yet the appropriations for the survey were so small as to hamper 
him greatly, and he supplied provisions for the early part of his trip from the 
home larder to lessen expenses. His travels were sometimes perilous and fre- 
quently involved very hard labor. He was much perplexed when he had the 
main part of his report ready, to find that characteristic specimens which he had 
sent to the palaeontologist carefully labeled, had been disarranged or lost, so that 
after embarrassing delays the report was finally put through the press incomplete. 
He never despaired of having more generous appropriations from the State when 
he or some other geologist would complete so important a survey. * * 
* * * In lecturing he prepared his thoughts with care; but 
once having clearly fixed in his mind what he wanted to say, his retentive 
memory had no further use for the notes. 
And how much we did enjoy those lectures! How the memory of them 
hangs like a fragrance about the walls of even this dingy capital building, where 
we have listened to him year after year. How contagious and inspiring was that 
exhaustless enthusiasm to all the young men with whom he came in contact. 
It was my privilege to have him for a near friend for many years and many are 
precious moments, in private conversation as well as in public lectures, that I 
have sat drinking at the fountain of knowledge which flowed in charming streams 
from his lips. How well I remember a day, years ago, when he came hurriedly 
into my office, on Kansas Avenue, all aglow with excitement, to inquire if I had 
een the tracks on a piece of Osage flagging which was being used as a cross- 
