THE COMSTOCK MEMORIAL 
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She has habituated us to the warmth of her fireside, and as long as she 
lives, our feet will ever be turning toward her hospitable door. 
Professor Comstock: 
I beg to hand you here the first volume of the special collection of 
books in entomology that we desire shall bear your name. Funds 
for the purchase of other books are at your command. We hope you 
yourself may use these books for many years to come, you will still 
be our co-laborer and guide. We ask you to accept this offering as a 
slight acknowledgement of our debt to you, and of our well wishes for 
your future years. 
The volume handed to Professor Comstock was a handsomely bound copy of 
his work bearing the following title: 
EVOLUTION AND TAXONOMY 
An Essay on the Application of the Theory 
of Natural Selection in the Classifi¬ 
cation of Animals and Plants 
Illustrated by a Study of the 
Evolution of the Wings of Insects 
and by 
A Contribution to the Classification of the Lepidoptera 
by 
John Henry Comstock, B.S. 
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Extracted from 
The Wilder Quarter-Century Book 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
1893 
