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AFTERWARDS. 



[Chap. VIII. 



Mackenzie) expressed his pleasure in embodying what he be- 

 lieved to be the public opinion on Temperance : and within a 

 year of Philip's death, May 16, the Royal Assent was given to 

 the " Canada Temperance Act of 1878" — the Permissive Pro- 

 hibitory Liquor Bill, which had been prepared by the Dominion 

 Government, and passed both Houses without a division ! 



Resolutions of sympathy, recording the estimation in which 

 he was held, were sent to his widow by the City Board of 

 Health, philanthropic societies, the Natural History Society, 

 etc. The Governors of McGill University resolved — " That a 

 tablet to the memory of Dr. Carpenter be erected, under the 

 direction of the Principal, in the room containing the Carpenter 

 Collection of Shells : and that the inscription thereon state the 

 nature and amount of the benefactions to the Museum of the 

 University." Dr. Dawson writes as follows, respecting his 

 scientific work, more especially in connexion with the Uni- 

 versity : — " It may truly be said that Dr. Carpenter's whole 

 available time, beyond that occupied in educational work, was 

 devoted to two objects, philanthropic effort in the direction of 

 temperance and sanitary reform, and the study and arrange- 

 ment of his collection of shells, with correspondence and other 

 matters incidental thereto. His love of independence pre- 

 vented him from accepting any position as a teacher of science, 

 though tempting offers of that kind were made to him, and he 

 seemed determined to make his science work a matter of 

 purely voluntary effort. 



" Shortly after his arrival in Canada, he proposed to place 

 his large and valuable collection of shells in the Museum of 

 McGill University — the conditions being that it should form 

 a separate department, to which the collections of mollusks pre- 

 viously made for the College should be added, and that he 

 should have the honorary curatorship during his life. The 

 University further undertook to provide a fire-proof room for 

 the Carpenter Collection, and to defray the expense of the 

 cases and other materials for mounting and arrangement. 

 Work-rooms and store-rooms were also assigned to Dr. Car- 

 penter, and in these he spent a large portion of his time ; more 



