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AMERICAN GEOLOGIST 
VoL. XXXVIII Septkmbejr, 1922 No. 2 
ROLLIN D. SALISBURY 
By Charles Keyes 
With the demise of Professor Rollin D.^ Salisbury, a few days 
ago, American Geology is again, within the year, called upon to 
mourn the loss of one of its great teachers, the one personage of 
all whom it could ill afford to spare. A rare product among its 
devotees is no more, the well-rounded man, combining broad cul¬ 
ture, scientific spirit, catholicity of interests, and universality of 
sympathies. Keen observer and successful investigator, a teacher 
of magnetic fervor, with polished fluency and trenchant illustra¬ 
tion as a lecturer, Salisbury will long live in memory in our 
halls of learning. There can be no compensation in the hour of 
oun great bereavement. 
Small is the need for one, before scientific brethren who gather 
around his bier, to speak in words of eulogy of our departed 
friend. Nothing can be added to the high esteem in which our 
noble confrere will be ever held by those of us who are left be¬ 
hind. The page of his useful life lies open before us; it requires 
no intricate interpretation. His charm of contact, his high pur¬ 
pose, his dominant personal characteristics which endeared him 
to every friend are deeply imprinted upon the hearts of every one 
who held privilege to know him well. It is indited in gilded letters 
upon the pavement of the Temple of Isis: “I am all that has 
1 Although he commonly signed his name R. D. Salisbury the signatory had no 
middle name. 
