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matrix, the true gem was there. Let us, then, do all due 

 honor to his warm and generous heart. Possessed of an 

 unusual wealth of common sense — that precious quality, 

 without which education is but a mere appendage. Added 

 to this he also possessed ready mental vigor and ample 

 originality; indeed, his individuality was marked and sur- 

 rounded by a sphere of its own, which characterized him as 

 a man of strong convictions, and decided in his opinions. 

 How could he then be otherwise than earnest in the 

 expression of them ? Naturally biased in the direction of 

 scientific study and new research, the fascinations, charms, 

 and pleasing surprises in every field of new knowledge were 

 too refreshing to be resisted; and nothing but professional 

 calls — editorial, home, and family cares — could even mod- 

 erate his zeal, and check the genial current of his soul. 

 Had this natural ability been supported and expanded by 

 scientific training — perchance the training of more favorable 

 circumstances — his sphere of usefulness would have been 

 greatly enlarged, to the benefit of mankind and the exhalt- 

 ation of his name. Indeed, the current of all scientific 

 taste and training, however imperfect and whithersoever 

 it may tend, be applied, or flow into other channels, the 

 very same animus still urges, and similar ability always 

 attends — yea, with ever increasing accessions — as the 

 strengthened wing is best prepared and ready plumed for 

 any, even the highest flights. Hence it is both pleasing and 

 instructive to follow our friend over other fields of former 

 labors and pleasant pastimes, for not one of them is lost. 

 Not a sparrow falls to the ground without the Great All 

 Father's notice. 



Of kindred import, and scarcely less important to a just 

 appreciation of his life's labors, is a short account of the 



