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would have endeared them to the man who at the close 

 of his useful life and after having reached the summit 

 in each of the departments in which his great abilities 

 served mankind, described himself as a "printer." The 

 typography of the publications of this Society has ever 

 been of the highest order of excellence, though it would 

 not be fitting in its representative to say so were it not 

 for the obvious connection with Franklin's favorite art. 

 For the great scientific men in the American Philo- 

 sophical Society the Societe geologique de Belgique has 

 always had the highest appreciation; publishing from 

 time to time abstracts of their discoveries during their 

 life time, and eulogistic notices on their death. It enters 

 heartily into the spirit of these services and through me 

 sends its homages to the memory of the great man who 

 is the object of them and to the Society which he 



founded. 



Persifor Frazer, 



Membre honoraire and Delegate of the 



Societe geologique de Belgique. 



