26 DUDLEY MEMORIAL VOLUME 



fifty years there was the freshness and joy of youth in botanical exploration. 

 It was when on such walks too that one came to know the fullness of his 

 knowledge and how perfect was his memory, as every species was recognized 

 and its distribution or other fact of interest was related. 



In many ways his life at Stanford was a disappointment. He felt the 

 burden of the years of financial stress through which the university passed 

 more than was his share, and very often supplied from his own purse the 

 necessary materials for the laboratory. The hopes and ideals he had for 

 the development of botanical science he could not live to see realized. But 

 whatever was lacking in appropriate rooms and equipment was more than 

 compensated for in the ability and spirit of the teacher. He lived in his 

 work and for his students. His time and energy were so very largely oc- 

 cupied in their interest that he published little, and this is the regret of all 

 who realize the high scientific ideal which guided him in his work, and who 

 appreciate the charm of his literary style. His Flora of Ithaca and of the 

 Wyoming Valley will be regarded as classics and as models of their kind 

 for many years to come. For some it is not given to publish much — ^it is 

 theirs to write in the hearts and minds of men and women, an influence as 

 enduring perhaps as that of printed books. 



I never heard him speak ill of any person but once, and then he did 

 it deliberately, reluctantly, and as though he felt it a painful duty. It was 

 his habit to see the good qualities in mankind and he did it naturally and 

 without effort. 



I trust that so long as modesty, thoughtfulness, and a kindly spirit 

 are regarded as evidences of a fine character, that so long the memory of 

 Professor William Russel Dudley will live at Stanford University. 



