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bodied in the words mother, sister, wife, children, friends. 

 Neither the Greek Sage nor the Gahlean Prophet taught 

 science. 



It is fitting that we should dedicate this memorial in 

 this unpretentious way. It is entirely in keeping with 

 the simple, unaffected character of him to whose memory 

 we do reverence. 



Around us are the scenes he loved. Yonder dome 

 holds up its massive head doing honor to his name. To 

 us all the surroundings are enriched by associations de- 

 rived from him. Like him, they hold themselves grandly 

 superior to the trivialities and the artifices of conven- 

 tional life, and to its petty distinctions. These mountains 

 are hospitable to all alike. As the President of the Sierra 

 Club puts it, when we come to the mountains we come 

 home — home from the hollow pageants, the narrow con- 

 ventions, the whited sepulchers — home to the peace and 

 calm of the spirit. 



In his autobiography Professor Joe tells us that at one 

 time he thought seriously of joining the ministry; but 

 found his calling elsewhere, — not to his regret, — for, as 

 he says : "One may be a preacher of righteousness in more 

 ways than one." His life-work demonstrates that there 

 is no more effective way than just to be true, stoutly and 

 sturdily true, to one's higher self, to one's ideals. This, 

 after all, is the only way to make those ideals animate and 

 forceful in the practical world. Mere preaching about 

 them cannot give them vitality nor influence, any more 

 than reading about it in a book can impart what Nature 

 has in store for those who set foot upon her mountains. 



These sublime surroundings are attuned to what is 

 noblest in us. Through them, voiceless Nature is preach- 



