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weD cbjin^;t6ria*!d in the S^rotoh vfrrslicl, 'Not 
pyoTen/ and on thafcacconut the word agnaB- 
expresaea my exa<^ standing in 
mattera. " 
1 have often woufler»;d how Pi'ofes- 
Wa^rd \viU start on his last jonr- 
ney ; T^hetlier it will be hy RCOi<ient. 
or aurlden and violent ilinessin some 
foreign hotel or steamer : or will the 
point be reached when the insatiable 
traveler is physically unable to travel 
abroad, and old age <K»mpel« him to 
end his days peacefully a* home. 
One tiling only about tibis causes him 
great cor.cem. He is really haunted 
hy a fear that he may cha»o*» +r 
«o fav n-oju Buffalo ^^V ^'^t^iJ-^ '^^ 
fto^ii^ ' ffisflbetically cre- 
rritttvd, and will be compelh.^d to 
dsdergo the ignominj of int' nacut 
Slid alow decompD$i)iion in mother 
earth! ' , 
At present hi is Ickiking forward to 
ending hisyeai s in quiet study. The 
estaoiinhmL^thaa recently 1)een trans- 
formed into a btoclc company, with a 
Ofipital ot %\%^.U^, t'uily paid np. Of 
tb^' leu atockliolders he of course is 
one, Mjd alwo ' - i^h^nt. 
All of til ilders live in 
Rochester, iuost of them put 
ciwh Ottpital into the establishment 
becansi^ Usey held that its existence 
there was an honor and a beneSf to 
Flcwver City. It wotild >>e base 
iity! ' ^ ' r .;i ■ . s^^M»ak gratefully of the 
ger :v?tic financial support 
»L 1 Ward's unique enterprise 
by ^ Ward, during his life time. 
ii ions sales that Professor 
Wa. Mtitllpea to luake, there 
iacotcfeparttcively Jituo clear pcohl in ihe busi- 
ueaa. The expenses abfiolately necessary to its 
existence are. in the a^g*egate, very heavy, 
an-l ^o^lehow Tuanage to absorb what should 
be lumd-iome profits. The secret of this may 
jwhsps best be explained by quoting from one 
'^f the late sriy reports of the National 
at WaHhidgrton. In speaking of the 
■ made by American inetatutions in 
M'iffflce equipments, Dr. Goode &aya: 
**In this connectftn should be mentioned the 
very important influence of Professor Henry 
A. Ward, who ii| the coudttct of his Natural 
History Estabii^ment at Rochester, was al- 
Brr>Ai^ Shot by Oband Duke AijExiis. 
ways evidently actuated quite as much by a \ 
love for natural history and the ambition to ' 
supply good material to museums, as by the 
hope of tirofit, whit^h was always by him sub- 
orviinated to higher ideals in a manner not very 
usual in commercial establishments." 
Personally, Professor Ward is by no means 
a rich m?*n. save in education, observation and 
acquaintance with man and nature all over the 
habitable ^jlobe. Of riches which cannot be 
stolen or lowt, he is indeed " well seized and 
are they not full compensation for the lack of 
millions of unresponsive dollars that some mil- 
lionaires ijossess without the intelligence or the 
heart to make them yield the highest joy? I 
think so. 
William T. Hornaday. 
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