Bouv6.] 210 [Jan. 7, 



January 7, 1874. 

 The President in the chair. Eighty-three persons present. 



REMARKS OF PRESIDENT BOUVE\ 



Since we last met an event has occurred that has brought 

 deep sorrow to our hearts, and indeed moved with grief 

 those of the whole community ; for whilst in the death of 

 Louis Agassiz we have lost a distinguished Honorary Mem- 

 ber, a pioneer in the paths we love to tread, one whose 

 name deservedly ranks high among the most illustrious of 

 those who have explored the world of matter and of life, 

 the great body of the community has lost one whom it has 

 long and justly regarded as pre-eminently the great teacher in 

 science, the man of all men, who inspired the love of knowl- 

 edge, and who was never weary in his efforts to impart the 

 best he knew to every seeking soul. 



Truly all alike, learned or unlearned, high in attainments 

 and position, or only humble seekers of truth, may well weep 

 the loss of him, whose presence alone was to everybody an 

 inspiration. 



To those of us who have been in any degree sharers in 

 his labors, or companions in literary or scientific circles, his 

 loss is irreparable. 



The fine physical form, the countenance ever beaming 

 with feeling and intelligence, the expressive utterances, and 

 above all, that subtle influence which came from the whole 

 being of the man, alas! that these are now only matters of 

 memory. 



But it is not for me to dwell upon the event I have al- 

 luded to. For a fit expression of the loss sustained by the 



