230 



Louis Agassis. 



He was the incarnation of Science; and greater love 

 hath no man than this — he laid his life down for it. 



He has gone ; but his name will be a landmark in 

 human knowledge through the long roll of centuries. 



AGASSIZ AS A TEACHER. 

 By Professor D. C. Oilman. 



The name of Agassiz does not belong to the 

 learned alone, though it is honoured most by the wise 

 and the profound ; it likewise belongs to the com- 

 mon people, for it is a household word throughout 

 the land. 



Few men, while they live, attain renown among 

 the multitude, and also retain their eminence among 

 philosophers ; but he wore fitly this double crown — 



the praise of praised men,'' which is gold, and the 

 applause of the unlearned, which is silver. How few 

 of those whom we call distinguished, whether writers, 

 teachers, statesmen, merchants, scholars, or leaders 

 in arms, are equally known and honoured with this 

 college professor, this comparative zoologist, this 

 interpreter of nature ! The news of his decease has 

 brought to learned societies and to common schools, 

 to universities and to fishermen's cottages, the sense 

 of a personal bereavement, for it tells of the loss of 

 a guide, the death of a friend. 



To these twofold aspects of his character, your 

 attention will now be directed ; the speaker who 

 follows,"^ by our mutual understanding, rehearsing 



* Prof. Joseph Le Conte. 



