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of men where only the wisest and best men could be led. 

 His appeal was to scholars and statesmen, and the coun- 

 sels of this old man eloquent ultimately prevailed. 



From the early history of civilization until the present 

 time many great thinkers of the world have been con- 

 structing temples of philosophy. It began with Socrates, 

 Plato and Aristotle, and this temple-building has con- 

 tinued through the times of Saint Thomas Aquinas down 

 to Hegel, Schelling and Fichte, and even later to the days 

 of Herbert Spencer. These theorizing philosophers have 

 attempted to construct systems for the explanation of all 

 things in the universe, and to build their philosophy upon 

 a few ''fundamental principles" — postulates, presupposi- 

 tions — constructing temples founded on their domes. 

 One by one these philosophies have crumbled into dust 

 and we know them only by their ruins. The history of 

 civilization is marked by the ruins of fallen philosophies, 

 now most interesting to historic archaeology. 



In modern times another philosophy is being con- 

 structed — the great temple of science. On this structure a 

 vast army of scholars is at work through the multifarious 

 methods of scientific research, and they are building this 

 temple with its foundation on the granite base of fact. 

 George Hammell Cook was a master workman on this 

 temple, building with the facts and principles discovered 

 by modern scientific research. 



I knew Doctor Cook best as a counselor and a friend. 

 Having responsibilities thrown upon me kindred to those 

 borne by him, I was glad to seek wisdom at his feet. 

 Honest and pure, he was far-seeing, and for his counsel I 

 owe a debt of gratitude. His ways were characterized by 

 directness aud simplicity, and I learned to love him as a 

 father and to be guided by him as a son. And now the 

 wise old man is gone. This fountain of wisdom flows no 

 more. The processes of time and change never cease. 



