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done nothing but collect, compile, and discuss this vast mass of 

 material, he would have rendered a service to science, which would 

 mal^e his name live as long as Halley's, but it forms only a part of 

 his life labour. Communications to this Society and the Philosophical 

 Magazines, on some subject of the moment, were always flowing from 

 his pen. His addresses to this Society and to the British Association, 

 as President, must not be forgotten. Our Catalogue down to 1874 

 contains 101 titles of papers by him, and his activity did not cease 

 with that year. 



Sir Edward's military honours have been already enumerated, as 

 well as the fact of his temporary service as Secretary of this Society, 

 1827-29. His subsequent appointments were as follows : — In 1839 

 he was elected General Secretary of the British Association, a 

 laborious office which he continued to hold for twenty years, with the 

 single exception of the year 1852, when he exchanged the Secretary- 

 ship for the Presidential Chair, at the first meeting at Belfast. 



In 1846 he was elected Foreign Secretary of this Society, in 1857, 

 its Treasurer, and finally, four years later, he was chosen President, 

 an office which he held till 1871. 



In 1821 he received the Copley Medal ; in 1826 the Lalande Medal 

 of the Institute of France, and in 1849 one of our Royal Medals. Of 

 foreign orders he held that of pour le Merit e from Prussia, SS. Maurice 

 and Lazarus from Italy, and the Hose from Brazil. 



Turning to another view of his character, it may be said that Sir 

 Edward's scientific capabilities were heightened by his social qualities, 

 His grace of manner, his cheerful voice, and his brightness of aspect 

 impressed all who came within his influence. A Fellow of the 

 Society, who had travelled up from Manchester to be present at one 

 of the Conversaziones, once remarked, " It is worth all the time and 

 trouble to see, on arrival, the President's smile." 



In the year 1876, his scientific activity came to an end. In 1879 

 he lost his wife, who for more than half a century had found her 

 chief happiness in placing at the service of his scientific investiga* 

 tions the best efforts of a mind and a memory such as rarely have 

 been given to any woman. 



He himself finally passed away, at Richmond, June 26th, 1883, ati 

 the patriarchal age of 94 years 8 months. He was buried quietly at 

 Tewin, Herts, in the vault belonging to his family, and beside the 

 remains of his wife. 



Sir Edward left no issue, and the very name of Sabine in the 

 direct line of his family has become almost extinct, for his only 

 surviving nephew on the male side, the late Admiral Sir Thomas* 

 Sabine Pasley, K.C.B., had taken the additional name of Pasley. 



