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unselfishness, and transparent honesty of purpose commanded 

 the respect of all. That it be an instruetion to the Hon. 

 Secretary to forward a copy of this resolution to Mr. Isaac J. 

 Murphy, and to convey to him the sympathy of the members of 

 the Society with him and his family in their recent bereavement." 



Dr. Redfern, in seconding the motion, said Mr. Patterson 

 had known the late Mr. Murphy long before he came to that 

 Society, but everyone in the city who took any interest in 

 physiology, in mathematics, any interest in the welfare of the 

 community in general, had known Mr. Joseph John Murphy. 

 He was sure no one had been more prominent or more earnest 

 in every way in seeking the good of that Society and of every 

 member of the community than Mr. Murphy. It made no 

 difference whether the subject was one which interested a great 

 body of persons interested in natural history, in geology, in the 

 history of the world, in the history of their institutions, in 

 physiology, in mathematics, in astronomy — it was Mr. Murphy's 

 earnest desire to promote as far as he could, and that was to a 

 very much greater extent than fell to the lot of many persons 

 living in his time, the good of those subjects and of the com- 

 munity. He was sure everyone had felt with Mr. Patterson, 

 though not so closely acquainted with Mr. Murphy as that 

 gentleman was, the loss which Mr. Murphy felt by the loss of 

 his amiable wife, and although that loss caused Mr. Murphy to 

 cease attending the public meetings of the Society, he had 

 displayed his interest in a more permanent and more important 

 way even since that time than before in the Society's proceedings. 

 They had lost a friend. They had lost one to whom he was 

 sure everyone could have applied for assistance and advice under 

 any circumstances in which he might be placed, especially in 

 connection with any of the subjects he had mentioned, and he 

 was sure there was no one in Belfast who had ever heard the 

 name of Mr. Murphy but would sympathise deeply with Mr. 

 Patterson, with that Society, and with the family of their 

 departed friend in his removal from amongst them. 



The motion was passed unanimously. 



