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more delicate beauties of his achievement. It is right to say 

 that these finer results of Mr Ast's workmanship were never 

 reproduced, were always sacrificed in some degree and their 

 real beauties were known only to those who saw the stones 

 before they left his hands. 



Mr Ast was a man of keen interests and intelligent apprecia- 

 tions, kindly, true, loyal and generous. His life work was well 

 done, and ended in his prime without a shade of departure from 

 his standard. To such a servant, science in the State of New 

 York owes no small debt. 



J. M. C. 



