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his toil, and distributed them far and wide, but he furnished his work 
to others for publication, and we find it in the reports of the New 
York State Museum of Natural History, in the Geological Survey of 
Ohio, in the Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, in the Journal 
of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, and elsewhere. It added 
to the fame of the much-lamented Meek, and the equally distinguished 
Hall; others have sipped from the same fountain, and I have been a 
frequent visitor at its overflowing border, 
He was possessed of broad humanity, and unerring sense of justice 
and right, with invincible courage in the maintenance of his convic- 
tions. In the pursuit of truth he trained his mind to right thinking, 
until rectitude was as much a part of his moral nature as of the 
intellectual, and, consequently, his views upon politics, religion, and 
other topics, were honestly and fearlessly advanced, whenever the 
occasion seemed to demand their utterance, though there was nothing 
controversial in his character, and he was never a disputant. 
In his death we have lost a friend, science a devotee, and all human- 
ity a benefactor, and there is left only the satisfaction that the world 
has been benefitted by his existence. 
In conclusion, I will quote from one of his favorite poets what seems 
appropriate and applicable to him: 
“The virtuous man, 
Who, great in his humility, as kings 
Are little in their grandeur; he who leads 
Invincibly a life of resolute good, 
And stands amid the silent dung: on depths 
More free and fearless than the trembling judge, 
Who, clothed in venal power, vainly strove 
To bind the impassive spirit. When he falls, 
His mild eye beams benevolence no more: 
Withered, the hand outstretched but to relieve, 
Sunk, reason’s simple eloquence, that rolled 
But to appal the guilty. Yes! the grave 
Hath quenched that eye, and death’s relentless frost _ 
Withered that arm: but the unfading fame 
Which virtue hangs upon its votary’s tomb; 
The deathless memory of that man, whom kings 
Call to their mind and tremble; the remembrance 
With which the happy spirit contemplates 
Its well-spent pilgrimage on earth 
Shall neve- pass away.” 
R. M. Byrnes, 
LS. -Corron: Committee. 
F, W. LAanepon: 
