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workers, the men of his time who laboured with him 

 in the cause of science and truth. 



Action of the California Academy of Sciences, 



The memorials which emanated from the Califor- 

 nia Academy of Sciences are of exceeding interest, 

 and have been introduced here in the belief that they 

 will add materially to this brief estimate of the char- 

 acter of a well-beloved man of science. 



AGASSIZ'S INFLUENCE ON SCIENCE. 

 By George Davidson. 



In his own handwriting, upon a souvenir of his 

 Pacific Coast visit, is the legend L. Agassiz, born 

 May 28, 1807." On the 14th of December, 1873, 

 the telegraph flashed to the uttermost parts of the 

 earth that he was no more ; and we meet to-night to 

 render homage to his memory. 



After a few occasional meetings, from my first 

 acquaintance with him twenty-seven years since, it 

 happened to be my lot last season to introduce him 

 to the Academy and its friends, after his voyage of 

 twenty thousand miles, undertaken at a time of life 

 when most of us look forward for rest from life- 

 toiling. You saw that his old enthusiasm was still 

 ablaze ; you felt the peculiar charm of his presence 

 and voice, and were happier and better in knowing 

 that you had come into personal relations with one 

 who commanded such influence and power for good. 

 So it has been through a busy, earnest life, devoted 



