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  Hubert 
  Anson 
  Newton. 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  second 
  the 
  address 
  on 
  Meteorites, 
  etc., 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  

   already 
  mentioned. 
  Of 
  the 
  American 
  Mathematical 
  Society 
  

   he 
  was 
  vice-president 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  his 
  death. 
  In 
  1888 
  the 
  

   J. 
  Lawrence 
  Smith 
  gold 
  medal 
  was 
  awarded 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  the 
  

   National 
  Academy 
  for 
  his 
  investigations 
  on 
  the 
  orbits 
  of 
  mete- 
  

   oroids. 
  We 
  may 
  quote 
  a 
  sentence 
  or 
  two 
  from 
  his 
  reply 
  to 
  the 
  

   address 
  of 
  presentation, 
  so 
  characteristic 
  are 
  they 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  

   that 
  uttered 
  them 
  : 
  " 
  To 
  discover 
  some 
  new 
  truth 
  in 
  nature,'* 
  

   he 
  said, 
  " 
  even 
  though 
  it 
  concerns 
  the 
  small 
  things 
  in 
  the 
  

   world, 
  gives 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  purest 
  pleasures 
  in 
  human 
  experience. 
  

   It 
  gives 
  joy 
  to 
  tell 
  others 
  of 
  the 
  treasure 
  found." 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  various 
  learned 
  societies 
  in 
  our 
  own 
  country 
  of 
  

   which 
  he 
  was 
  a 
  member, 
  including 
  the 
  American 
  Academy 
  of 
  

   Arts 
  and 
  Sciences 
  from 
  1862, 
  the 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sci- 
  

   ences 
  from 
  its 
  foundation 
  in 
  1863, 
  the 
  American 
  Philosoph- 
  

   ical 
  Society 
  from 
  1867, 
  he 
  was 
  elected 
  in 
  1872 
  Associate 
  of 
  the 
  

   Royal 
  Astronomical 
  Society 
  of 
  London, 
  in 
  1886 
  Foreign 
  Fel- 
  

   low 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society 
  of 
  Edinburgh, 
  and 
  in 
  1892 
  Foreign 
  

   Member 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society 
  of 
  London. 
  

  

  But 
  the 
  studies 
  which 
  have 
  won 
  for 
  their 
  author 
  an 
  honor- 
  

   able 
  reputation 
  among 
  men 
  of 
  science 
  of 
  all 
  countries, 
  form 
  

   only 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  whom 
  we 
  are 
  considering. 
  

   Another 
  side, 
  probably 
  the 
  most 
  important, 
  is 
  that 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  

   was 
  identified 
  with 
  the 
  organic 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  College 
  and 
  Univer- 
  

   sity 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  connected 
  from 
  a 
  very 
  early 
  

   age. 
  In 
  fact, 
  we 
  might 
  almost 
  call 
  the 
  studies 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  

   been 
  considering, 
  the 
  recreations 
  of 
  a 
  busy 
  life 
  of 
  one 
  whose 
  

   serious 
  occupation 
  has 
  been 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  instructor. 
  If 
  from 
  all 
  

   those 
  who 
  have 
  come 
  under 
  his 
  instruction 
  we 
  should 
  seek 
  to 
  

   learn 
  their 
  personal 
  recollections 
  of 
  Professor 
  Newton, 
  we 
  

   should 
  probably 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  most 
  universal 
  impression 
  made 
  

   on 
  his 
  students 
  was 
  his 
  enthusiastic 
  love 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  which 
  

   he 
  was 
  teaching. 
  

  

  A 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  took 
  an 
  

   especial 
  interest 
  was 
  the 
  Observatory. 
  This 
  was 
  placed 
  under 
  

   his 
  direction 
  at 
  its 
  organization, 
  and 
  although 
  he 
  subsequently 
  

   resigned 
  the 
  nominal 
  directorship, 
  the 
  institution 
  remained 
  

   virtually 
  under 
  his 
  charge, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  owe 
  its 
  existence 
  

   in 
  large 
  measure 
  to 
  his 
  untiring 
  efforts 
  and 
  personal 
  sacrifice 
  

   in 
  its 
  behalf. 
  

  

  One 
  sphere 
  of 
  activity 
  in 
  the 
  Observatory 
  was 
  suggested 
  by 
  

   a 
  happy 
  accident 
  which 
  Professor 
  Newton 
  has 
  described 
  in 
  this 
  

   Journal, 
  September, 
  1893. 
  An 
  amateur 
  astronomer 
  in 
  a 
  neigh- 
  

   boring 
  town, 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Lewis, 
  accidentally 
  obtained 
  on 
  a 
  

   stellar 
  photograph 
  the 
  track 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  meteor. 
  He 
  announced 
  

   in 
  the 
  newspapers 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  secured 
  such 
  a 
  photograph, 
  and 
  

   requested 
  observations 
  from 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  seen 
  its 
  flight. 
  The 
  

  

  