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in science as in religion ; but he knew that essen- 

 tially there is no conflict between them, and never 

 can be. Their boundaries are undefined, as the 

 boundaries between the known and the unknown, 

 the apprehended and the comprehended, always will 

 be. It is one of the infirmities of the human mind to 

 become provincial in its conceptions of truth, and 

 to judge the universe of things by the standards of 

 its own village experience. Agassiz did much to 

 enlarge and enlighten the mind, by teaching that the 

 outward world is an expression of the thought of 

 God, and that man's science is the discovery of 

 God's law. 



He was indeed a light and a life ! That life has 

 finished its earthly course, and that light is extin- 

 guished from our earthly horizon. It must be 

 considered a happy event to us here, that he visited 

 once these western shores. It is a privilege to have 

 seen him ; as it is a profound satisfaction to feel that 

 the distinguished expressions of human nature are of 

 kindred blood with ourselves. As I looked on him 

 and called to mind the recollections of former days, 

 admonished of the malady that was destroying 

 him, I grieved for living men ; but I did not grieve 

 for him — there was so little of him that could die. 



REMARKS BY REV. DR. W. A. SCOTT. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : — I did 

 not know till I entered the hall this evening, that I 

 was expected to have the honour of saying a word 

 to you on this interesting occasion, but being urged 



