•fob ii St roiiif iVe irUri'i'ij . — Stevenson. L3 
others, whatever he had .gained from his own investigations, 
was placed freely at the disposal of any who sought for infor- 
mation or assistance in prosecuting a research. His time and 
his efforts were freely given to encourage anyone who showed 
an honest desire to gain knowledge. His time was wasted by 
visitors of all sorts, some of them earnest inquirers, bul most 
of them not such; yet only under the most exasperating cir- 
cumstances did any intruder have reason to suppose that he 
had not been a more than welcome visitor. 
Dr. Newberry was a man like other men; his shortcomings 
were known to his friends ;is well as were his excellencies; he 
was impetuous and sometimes he was severe, possibly unjust 
in judging men or in dealing with them. But of bitterness 
he knew little; of forgiveness he knew much. His defects 
were those of ;i strongman; in many they would have been 
sources of weakness, but somehow they seemed to make his 
friends stand more firmly by him. 
From his youth he was a pleasant companion; in his later 
years his conversation was rilled with quiet humor and delight- 
ful reminiscence. His cheerful disposition stood him in good 
stead amid the trying days of his middle life. To the last he 
was cheerful and resolute. Even when stricken by a disease 
from which he could not recover, which he, as ;i physician, 
knew must cause a lingering death, with gradual and gloomy 
fading away of his powers, he carried himself with a manly 
dignity, which challenged the respect while it aroused the 
sympathy of all who saw him. Man that he was, strong man 
that he was, he endured the bitterest of sorrow as he saw his 
powers lost just as he was about to complete the work of his 
life. But when the first suffering had passed, he yielded him- 
self with fortitude and carried the burden without repining. 
On December 3d, L890, while engaged at his work, he was 
stricken by paralysis of the right side. Partial recovery fol- 
lowed and he was able to complete some studies during the 
autumn of 1 SI) 1 ; hut the advance of the disease continued and 
his work ended early in 1892. He passed away on December 
7th. L892, leaving to his family ;i priceless heritage, the mem- 
ory of a life unstained by selfishness, spent in advancing the 
good of his fellows. 
Dr. Newberry married, in 1848, Miss Sarah Brownell Gay 
