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recognizing him as the herald of that great outburst 

 of science and humanity that is the glory of the nine- 

 teenth century, and it cherishes his intellectual temper 

 and spirit as a model for the present age. 



The University of Wisconsin desires also, through 

 these letters, to express its sense of gratitude and obliga- 

 tion to the American Philosophical Society for its 

 service to civilization in worthily commemorating the 

 services of a great man, and in impressing upon the 

 living age, that its inheritance of bettered conditions of 

 life comes not from the heedless majority of ancestors, 

 but from a chosen few, rare spirits among men. 



In token whereof, there is hereunto set this 17th 

 day of April, 1906, the seal of the University of Wis- 

 consin and the hand of its President. 



(Seal) Charles R. Van Hise, 



Attest: E. F. Riley, President. 



Secretary. 



