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CORNELL UNIVERSITY 
LIBRARY 
ENTOMOLOGY 
The above is a copy of the book plate adopted for use in the books in the 
Comstock Memorial Library of Entomology. 
The insect figured is a species of Hepialus, the study of which played an 
important part in Professor Comstock’s investigations regarding the evolution of 
the wings of insects. 
In calling upon Professor John Henry Comstock, Recipient of the Memorial 
Library Fund, the Chairman said: 
My friends, I feel sure that you will care to see into the heart and know some¬ 
thing of the aspiration of a true teacher when he hears the voices of his pupils 
calling him. 
PROFESSOR COMSTOCK’S RESPONSE 
Mr. Chairman, former students, and Friends: 
Never before have I felt so keenly the inadequacy of words to 
express my feelings. I appreciate to my utmost ability what has 
been said and the bestowal of this testimonial. My heart is filled 
with gratitude for both. But this seems little to say in return for 
these expressions of appreciation, and for so great a gift, and all that 
the giving of it implies; but I do not know how to say more. 
My lot has been a happy one. For more than forty years I have 
been permitted to teach the subject, for which I care most, to genera¬ 
tion after generation of earnest students. I have seen many of these 
