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Dr. W. F. Whitney said, Mr. President, I desire to voice the 
feeling which I know we all have in a resolution which I propose 
for adoption by the Society. 
Resolved: — That in the death of Edward Burgess, the mem- 
bers of the Boston Society of Natural History mourn the loss of 
an associate whose quiet enthusiasm and rare ability won him 
recognition as a master among men, while his modesty and 
genial simplicity of character endeared him to all. The records 
of the Society bear tribute to his years of faithful service ; and in 
its Contributions are the proofs of his high scientific attainments. 
Resolved: — That the above be entered in the minutes of this 
meeting and a copy transmitted to the family in token of the 
respect and sympathy of the Society. 
The President. Following a custom which approves itself to 
all who know the awkwardness of calling for both sides on a vote 
which has only one side, I shall with your permission declare 
these resolutions carried. 
To those who knew Edward Burgess best, it was clear that his 
study in natural history prepared him for his high achievements 
in another field of activity. One of our members, Dr. B. Joy 
Jeffries, has devoted a good deal of thought to these relations 
and has prepared for our consideration this evening a communi- 
cation upon them, but inasmuch as this will require for its proper 
illustration the use of a darkened hall, we shall accede to the 
author’s request, and defer this paper until a later period in the 
evening. 
Dr. Humphreys Storer was one of my teachers, Edward Burgess 
was at one time a colleague in another department of the univer- 
sity, and Samuel Dexter, the third of the officers whom we com- 
memorate this evening, was for a time one of my pupils. You 
will permit me to say a word at this point in regard to one or 
two characteristics of the latter which impressed themselves upon 
