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was thereby suggesting to the student's mind. Such de- 
scription and all the other instrumentalities of the class- 
room and laboratory were always kept in their proper 
place and proportion as means to the end of knowledge and 
insight. His artistic sense was too fine to allow them ever 
to degenerate into mere ends in themselves; the technique 
of his teaching was in itslf a work of art, the more that 
it was unconscious on his part. His courses in neurology, 
embryology, and histology were primarily courses in think- 
ing. This is no doubt the reason why so many of his stud- 
ents look back upon his teaching as a period of their in- 
tellectual awakening." 
( )ne of his colleagues at Denison university says of 
him : "All who knew professor Herrick loved him. Differ- 
ent friends had different reasons for loving him, but all 
agreed in loving. Christian people loved him because he 
was a loyal Christian man. Intellectual people loved and 
admired him because of his brilliant and keen intellect; 
and men in general loved him because they saw in him 
a true and noble man loving the truth and living it out in 
his daily life." 
As has been said of another: "He did his work with a 
quietness which concealed its power. He contributed to 
science our best example of the scientific temper. He was 
a profound thinker. He was a successful teacher. He was 
a lover, inspirer, and leader of youth." 
Being so intimately acquainted with Dr. Herrick and 
his family it was my privilege to see many of the letters 
of sympathy and appreciation which were addressed to the 
bereaved wife and quotations are made from a few of them 
which refer directly to the characteristics of Dr. Herrick. 
"* * * Dr. Herrick was a great man. Had his 
health been kept good through the last ten or more years 
his work and writings would have shown even more 
clearly the caliber of his mind, and the later years of his 
life would have been honored as few American scientists 
are honored. 
"I count myself fortunate in having known him so well. 
As a youth he brought me at the university of Minnesota, 
some natural history specimens of his own preparation. 
