Benjamin West Frazier—Frazer. 26$ 
They would perhaps be best comprehended in the idea asso- 
ciated with the term "reHgious." They included earnestness, 
self-abnegation, courage, and the loftiest aims. 
It is quite impossible for one who knew him to imagine 
Benjamin Frazier influenced in word or act by any other con- 
siderations than the desire to say that which was entirely true, 
and at the same time to avoid grieving or injuring others; or 
failing to give freely and without stint the ripe fruit of his ex- 
perience for the benefit of friend or stranger who asked any 
proper question ; or influenced by anything but duty without re- 
gard to consequences in deciding a course of action ; or fixing 
his eyes elsewhere than on the highest ideals of human con- 
duct, and living up to them so far as a man can. It is not only 
inconceivable that he ever could have been guilty of a base or 
unworthy act, but it was impossible for others to be so in his 
presence or under his influence. 
He was extremely sensitive, possessed of an indescribable 
charm and gentleness of voice and manner which at once pro- 
claimed (in spite of all his modesty could do) the nobility and 
purity of his character. One found oneself wondering if he had 
been spared the coarse rough and tumble of most men's lives. 
He had not, but he escaped the visible scars which such ex- 
periences generally leave. 
Of course he was a Fellow of the A. A. A. S., a member of 
the American Philosophical Society, and of the American In- 
stitute of Mining Engineers, etc. He could not well help it ; and 
he could not have been a member of any association, however 
exacting in its intellectual or ethical requirements for eligibil- 
ity, which his membership would not have honored. 
He published numerous papers, all of value because com- 
posed with painstaking care and accuracy, and sifted by a clear 
judgment. Such were those on Air compression. Chimney 
draught, Economy of fuel in Anthracite blast furnaces, etc. 
The undersigned was under great obligations to him for his 
excellent advice as to the new species to be introduced into the 
fourth edition of Tables for the determination of Minerals. All 
suggestions of professor Frazier were adopted and together 
they comprised nine-tenths of all the added species. 
The best type of gentleman ; a model in consideration for 
others as in culture, this life brings home to one the fact, which 
