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GEORGE BROWN GOODE. 
oppression. He had an especial interest in Virginia history 
and genealogy, and made substantial contribution to both 
subjects. He was the pioneer historian of American science. 
He was prominent as an organizer of scientific, historical, 
and patriotic societies. I can say of my own knowledge that 
in no society of which he was a member did he have a keener 
interest than in this, the Philosophical Society of Washing¬ 
ton. He was attracted by its traditions, it is true; but Mr. 
Goode was not a man to live in the past; it was the breadth 
of scope of this Society, the fact that it was the only common 
meeting ground in Washington of men interested in all 
science—in all knowledge, in fact, since science is a restricted 
word—that caused him to impress upon all his colleagues 
and friends the necessity of preserving our organization on 
a broad foundation in consonance with the purpose of its 
founders. 
He was elected a member of the Society on January 31, 
1874; a member of the General Committee December 19, 
1885; Vice-President December 21,1887, and was President 
for the year 1893. 
The papers he read before the Society were: 
“ The Sword Fish and its Allies,” April 18, 1881. 
“ The Fisheries of the World,” October 7, 1882. 
“ Fisheries Exhibitions,” March 29, 1884. 
“The Systematic Care of Pamphlets,” November 21, 
1885. 
“ The Distribution of Fishes in the Oceanic Abysses 
and Middle Strata,” April 24,1886. 
“ Museum Specimens Illustrating Biology,” May 22, 
1886. 
“ The Geographical Distribution of Men and Institu¬ 
tions in the United States,” February 12, 1887. 
“ Origin of Our National Scientific Institutions,” 
March 1, 1890. 
And as President delivered an unpublished address on 
“ What has been done for Science in America.” 
