i9«] A TRIBUTE TO WILSON 295 
remember how these should be done.' Nature's harmonics 
cannot be guessed at. 
He quoted much from Ruskin, leading on a little 
deeper to * Composition/ paying a hearty tribute to 
Ponting. 
The lecture was delivered in the author's usual modest 
strain, but unconsciously it was expressive of himself 
and his whole-hearted thoroughness. He stands very 
high in the scale of human beings — how high I scarcely 
knew till the experience of the past few months. 
There is no member of our party so universally 
esteemed ; only to-night I realise how patiently and 
consistently he has given time and attention to help the 
efforts of the other sketchers, and so it is all through ; 
he has had a hand in almost every lecture given, and has 
been consulted in almost every effort which has been 
made towards the solution of the practical or theoretical 
problems of our Polar world. 
The achievement of a great result by patient work is 
the best possible object-lesson for struggling humanity, 
for the results of genius, however admirable, can rarely 
be instructive. The chief of the Scientific Staff sets an 
example which is more potent than any other factor in 
maintaining that bond of good fellowship which is the 
marked and beneficent characteristic of our community. 
