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with the minority. True that human life is often too short to. 
take in the long run, but in the present case we rejoice to know 
that our brother geologist lived to see much of his work accepted, 
and to realize that the unthinking many are coming on rapidly to. 
acknowledge the rightness, or at all events the rights of the far- 
seeing few. 
We need not repeat here the details. Such animosities are bet- 
ter buried in the limbo of oblivion as soon as possible, but all 
who have followed or are familiar with the life of Alexander 
Winchell, will recall, by the references already given to his per- 
‘sonal life, the events to which we refer. We conclude with a re- 
newed expression of our regret that by his death American geol- 
ogy has lost one of her foremost students and exponents, and 
that philosophical geology, the world over, has lost one of the 
few who combine the various faculties and attainments requisite 
for the successful prosecution of this exalted study. 
