CHAPTER XXIV. 



THE AGASSIZ MEMORIALS. 



The Effect of His Death — The Memorial and Resolutions of the 

 California Academy of Sciences : Addresses of Davidson, Gil- 

 man, Le Conte, Stearns, Stebbins, Scott, Edwards — Action of the 

 Smithsonian Institution : Addresses of ex- President Garfield and 

 Dr. Parker — Memorial of the Boston Natural History Society : 

 Address by Rev. R. C. Waterson. 



HE death of Agassiz was 

 a shock not only to the 

 scientific but to the world 

 at large, and from every 

 quarter came words ex- 

 pressive of the high ap- 

 preciation in which he 

 was held. Agassiz was an 

 honorary or active member 

 of almost every scientific 

 society of any standing in 

 this country and Europe, 



and the memorials issued 

 by them, constituted a most interesting and impres- 

 sive tribute, giving in many instances an insight into 

 his character as seen from the standpoint of his fellow- 



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