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work. He shall rest enshrined in the affections of his pupils, the 

 friend of nature, the friend of man, the friend of God, the student's 

 best friend. 



ADDRESS OF MR. P. R. UHLER, OF THE PEAB0DY INSTITUTE, BALTIMORE. 



Mr. President, Ladies a?id Gentlemen : 



On a bright, warm morning in the month of May, 1864, I called 

 for the first time at the home of Professor Louis Agassiz, in Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. Upon entering the house, I was directed into a 

 small room at the side of a wide hall, which was plainly furnished 

 and provided with a sofa and chairs covered with green worsted 

 rep. It was an occasion of moment to me, for I was now to place 

 myself in personal relations with the master who from that time 

 should direct my energies into channels of his own selecting. He 

 liad invited me to come to his museum, to be his assistant in 

 caring for, increasing, and arranging the extensive collections of Ar- 

 ticulates which he had already assembled, and also to take charge 

 of the scientific library belonging to the same institution. In a 

 few minutes he came running into the room, and I stood before a 

 man of massive build, having full chest, and broad shoulders, sup- 

 porting a large head with high sloping forehead and prominent 

 nose. The majesty of such a presence was overpowering ; but in 

 an instant he had so completely placed me at ease by his cordial, 

 engaging manner that I felt I had indeed found a friend. 



He was about to take his accustomed walk to the post-office, 

 and invited me to accompany him. Speaking in his kind, enthus- 

 iastic way, he told me somewhat of the progress he had made in 

 securing collections of insects and allied creatures, representative 

 of the great areas of geographical distribution; how many species 

 were restricted to certain depths in the oceans ; how others were 

 confined entirely to altitudes above a given line ; and how some 

 forms had been spread forth from a particular spot where they had 

 been created, and now occupied a definite region beyond which 

 they could not successfully extend. This lesson was not lost up- 

 on me, for I had previously read everything that he had published 

 in America, and had spent such time as I could command in test- 

 ing his theories by the facts, as far as I could reach them, in the 

 field, and in the study. 



