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the enthusiastic tones of his voice, — all these entered 

 into our first as well as our last impressions of 

 Agassiz. He greeted us with great warmth as we 

 landed. He looked into our faces to justify him- 

 self in making choice of us- among the many whom 

 he might have chosen. . . . 



" And the summer went on with its succession of 

 joyous mornings, beautiful days, and calm nights, 

 with every charm of sea and sky, the master with us 

 all day long, ever ready to speak words of help and 

 encouragement, ever ready to give us from his own 

 stock of learning. The boundless enthusiasm which 

 surrounded him like an atmosphere, and which 

 sometimes gave the appearance of great achieve- 

 ment to the commonest things, was never lacking. 



Essentially Latin in his nature, he was always 

 picturesque in his words and his work. He de- 

 lighted in the love and approbation of his students 

 and his friends, and the influence of his personality 

 sometimes gave his opinions weight beyond the 

 value of the investigations on which they were 

 based. With no other investigator have the work 

 and the man been so identified as with Agassiz. No 

 other of the great workers has been equally great as 

 a teacher. His greatest work in science was his 

 influence on other men/' 



Dr. Jordan, who was one of the pupils at Penikese, 

 jotted down some of the talks given to teachers at 

 this time by Agassiz, and through his courtesy I am 

 able to reproduce them here : Never try to teach 

 what you yourself do not know and know well. If 

 your school board insists on your teaching anything 



