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for his original work upon Electrolysis. Vice-Provost 

 of the University of Pennsylvania. Humane. Beloved 

 of God and men. — LL.D. 



William Berryman Scott — Interpreter of world 

 changes. Historian of the rocks and of past forms of 

 life. Traveler over many lands, without the aid of the 

 physicist; at times, however, using him, but not in ac- 

 cord with him. Lineal descendant of Franklin, and 

 agreeing with him that sense is preferable to sound. 

 Distinguished professor of geology and palaeontology 

 at Princeton University. — LL.D. 



Edward Charles Pickering — Professor of astron- 

 omy and director of the Harvard College Observatory. 

 " It was on no earthly shore his soul beheld the vision," 

 but with reverent observation the stars in their courses 

 have been, through him, a light to us from pole to pole. 

 Student of the relation of stellar distance to the inten- 

 sity of illumination. Distinguished founder of the first 

 physical laboratory in America. — LL.D. 



Hugo DE Vries — King of the plant world. Foremost 

 investigator. Research contributor to the knowledge of 

 the physiology, heredity and cross-breeding of the vege- 

 table kingdom. Distinguished over two continents for 

 his publications upon species variation. Professor of 

 plant anatomy and physiology at the University of 

 Amsterdam. — LL.D. 



