180 SCIENCE SKETCHES. 
Like most men who have studied Nature for love 
of her, Poey possesses a deeply religious spirit. 
Everything to him proclaims the presence of Di- 
vinity. “I believe with Lamarck,” he has said, 
“that there is nothing but God in the Universe, 
and that by the word Mature we ought to under- 
stand an order of things ... Him whose true 
name we cannot decipher; who in the burning 
bush, questioned by Moses, said, ‘Jam that lam,’ 
who on Mount Sinai called himself Jehovah, and 
whom in our mortal tongue, with filial tenderness, 
we call God.” ? 
Poey is rather above the medium height, heavily 
built, and in his younger days he possessed un- 
usual physical activity and vigor.? In appearance 
he offers a marked contrast to most of his country- 
men, the Cubans. «His complexion is fair, his hair 
—now white — was never dark, and his gray eyes 
suggest the Saxon rather than the Spaniard. <As 
he once said to me, “Comme naturaliste, je ne 
suis pas espagnol: je suis cosmopolite.” His full 
forehead, strong features, and handsome, smooth- 
shaven face are not misleading evidences of a pure 
and benevolent life. He has a most happy tem- 
perament, and his smile is peculiarly genial and 
cheery. Simple, direct, unaffected, he is one of 
the most delightful of men. Of all men whom I 
have known, none has better than he learned the 
art of growing old. 
1 Memorias de Cuba, vol. ii p. 414. 
2 Professor Poey died in 1891. 
