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agree that tlieir departed friends are still themselves; lore 

 the knowledges, science, and wisdom; love justice, honest 

 outsr^oken sincerity, and all the true and good they ever 

 loved, and all that coincides with it ; and that they enjoy 

 all the felicities that flow from the love, as a stream from 

 its fountain. It is, therefore, no little satisfaction still for 

 us to know, and dwell upon the knowledge of their virtues; 

 and to feel that much of their discordant hereditary — which 

 no wise man either holds himself or others altogether re- 

 sponsible for — is left behind ; and all that was the genuine 

 love of his soul will remain to eternity. We are not in the 

 least sceptical — would not be true to our own earnest con- 

 victions, nor true to our departed friend and fellow-laborer, 

 if we simply said "peace to his ashes," and withheld the 

 better part — 



JOY UNTO HIS SOUL ! 



Resolved, That by the death of Dr. John B. Trask, late 

 life member and one of the original founders of this insti- 

 tution, the California Academy of Sciences has lost a 

 highly honored and zealous member, whose faithful services 

 in nearly every department have left lasting memorifds of 

 his great industry and devotion to the cause of science, to 

 be long and gratefully remembered. 



Resolved, That his honor and integrity in every official 

 trust or personal relation commands our highest admira- 

 tion and esteem, and that we deeply deplore his death. 



Resolved, That the foregoing be entered in the records 

 of the Academy, and that a properly attested copy be sent 

 to the family of our late associate. 



