﻿James 
  Dwight 
  Dana. 
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  during 
  seasons 
  of 
  ill 
  health 
  made 
  the 
  strain 
  as 
  light 
  as 
  possible. 
  

   It 
  had 
  the 
  accompanying 
  disadvantage, 
  however, 
  that 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  

   bring 
  him 
  so 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  successive 
  classes 
  of 
  young 
  men 
  as 
  

   would 
  otherwise 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  case. 
  His 
  personality, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  was 
  so 
  strong, 
  his 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  subject 
  he 
  was 
  teaching 
  

   so 
  profound, 
  his 
  patience 
  in 
  explanation 
  so 
  untiring, 
  that 
  few 
  of 
  

   his 
  many 
  pupils 
  could 
  have 
  failed 
  to 
  carry 
  away 
  a 
  lasting 
  

   impression 
  of 
  him, 
  if 
  not 
  always 
  of 
  his 
  subject. 
  His 
  relations 
  

   with 
  the 
  students, 
  always 
  friendly, 
  were 
  made 
  more 
  close 
  by 
  

   the 
  excursions 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  points 
  of 
  interest 
  about 
  New 
  

   Haven 
  and 
  its 
  vicinity, 
  which 
  he 
  enjoyed 
  himself 
  quite 
  as 
  

   much 
  as 
  the 
  boys 
  and 
  in 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  youthful 
  spirit. 
  These 
  

   excursions 
  were 
  generally 
  largely 
  attended, 
  and 
  by 
  many 
  whose 
  

   tastes 
  did 
  not 
  lead 
  to 
  science 
  ; 
  not 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  them 
  will 
  remem- 
  

   ber 
  the 
  earnest 
  manner 
  of 
  the 
  genial 
  Professor 
  in 
  his 
  out-door 
  

   lectures 
  and 
  the 
  quick 
  step 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  led 
  them 
  up 
  and 
  

   down 
  the 
  hills, 
  faster 
  perhaps, 
  in 
  some 
  cases, 
  then 
  they 
  would 
  

   have 
  chosen 
  to 
  go. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  deliberations 
  of 
  the 
  College 
  Faculty, 
  he 
  was 
  always 
  

   in 
  favor 
  of 
  progress 
  and 
  especially 
  interested 
  in 
  any 
  step 
  lead- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  science. 
  He 
  was 
  active 
  in 
  the 
  

   building 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  collections 
  in 
  Mineralogy 
  and 
  

   Geology, 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  years 
  but 
  also 
  later 
  as 
  a 
  Trustee 
  

   of 
  the 
  fund 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  University 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Peabody 
  

   in 
  1866 
  for 
  a 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History. 
  The 
  construction 
  

   of 
  the 
  building 
  erected 
  in 
  1876, 
  as 
  regards 
  internal 
  arrange- 
  

   ments, 
  was 
  largely 
  determined 
  by 
  plans 
  made 
  by 
  him. 
  He 
  

   also 
  cooperated 
  cordially 
  in 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  Scientific 
  

   department 
  of 
  Yale 
  University, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Sheffield 
  Scien- 
  

   tific 
  School, 
  and 
  always 
  took 
  a 
  sincere 
  pleasure 
  in 
  its 
  progress. 
  

   The 
  profound 
  results 
  of 
  his 
  influence, 
  particularly 
  in 
  encourag- 
  

   ing 
  his 
  younger 
  scientific 
  colleagues, 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  overesti- 
  

   mated. 
  

  

  Of 
  his 
  habits 
  of 
  work, 
  the 
  constant 
  activity 
  of 
  his 
  mind, 
  and 
  

   of 
  many 
  personal 
  characteristics, 
  aside 
  from 
  those 
  already 
  

   hinted 
  at, 
  much 
  might 
  be 
  said 
  ; 
  but 
  of 
  these 
  points 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  

   appropriate 
  that 
  others 
  than 
  the 
  writer 
  should 
  speak, 
  as 
  also 
  of 
  

   the 
  wonderful 
  powers 
  of 
  generalization 
  of 
  one, 
  who 
  was 
  a 
  mas- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  three 
  sciences 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  had 
  a 
  profoundly 
  

   comprehensive 
  view 
  of 
  nature 
  as 
  a 
  whole. 
  Of 
  his 
  unquestion- 
  

   ing 
  religious 
  faith, 
  too, 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  place 
  to 
  speak 
  

  

  