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Edward Claypole, The Man.—Bridge. 35 
such things wittingly would have been a degradation of his 
self respect. 
In spite of his caution, his contributions to knowledge were 
large. They did not take the form of books, but were mostly 
articles contributed to numerous scientific journals, proceed- 
ings of learned societies and official reports published by gov- 
ernment. Their number mounted into the hundreds and cov- 
ered not only geology in which he was most interested, but 
any fields of science besides, as well as literature and general 
learning. What a labor is represented in all this writing and 
revision! What erudition and study it stands for. Yet it 
only expressed the work of his mind and hand as it came along 
day by day. For him to attempt to write a great paper mere- 
ly to astonish the world was unthinkable. He wrote wher in 
his investigations or those of others a word came to him that 
demanded utterance. And his investigations were going on 
constantly. The new theories and principles which he pro- 
mulgated were mostly fated to stand. There was a shower 
of opposition and argument against some of them; but the 
final verdict of science has confirmed him in almost every in- 
stance. 
He begam in youth the habit of writing for serial publica- 
tions. When he was but 17 he was with a brother editing and 
publishing a student’s paper called The Home Journal. It 
appeared monthly, and the edition was usually limited to one 
copy, and was not printed, but written by his own precise hand, 
and illuminated by drawings as perfect as a modern litho- 
graph. These last gave promise of the fine drawings that 
later illustrated his scientific papers. It was contributed to 
by his several brothers and himself, and was not filled with 
student gossip, jokes and, editorials on the way to run a col- 
lege, but with strong articles on science and literature, as e. g.: 
“The Rise and Progress of Language,” “The Causes that Led 
to the Restoration of Charles II.,” “The Attraction of Gravi- 
tation,’ and “Conscience.” The articles all show painstak- 
ing care and extensive study. 
His taste for serious journalism continued through life and 
he wrote extensively for scientific periodicals, especially those 
devoted to geology. He was one of the founders, and al- 
ways one of the editors, of the American Geologist, begun in 
