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life was spent in the service of Science and who laboured to the utmost of his 
capacity for the good of the country of his adoption. By his devotion to 
duty and his suppression of self in his dealings with all sorts and conditions 
of men, he gained not only the affection of those with whom he was associated 
but he exerted a very wide influence. His life recalls Hazlitt’s words: 
“When the pursuit of truth has been the habitual study of any man’s life, 
the love of truth will be his ruling passion.” He enriched the world by deed 
and example; his pioneer work has made the path smooth for those who 
follow him, but it will be their responsibility and privilege to do their best to 
maintain the high standard represented by Pearson’s work for Botany and 
for the common life of the Colony. As the writer of an In Memoriam article 
in The Cape truly says : “ The best memorial that can be raised to him is to 
see that his work at Ivirstenbosch is carried on, and the National Botanic 
Gardens made what he pictured them in his mind’s eye. That is the way to 
perpetuate his memory, for as long as Kirstenbosch exists, there will be linked 
with it the name of its founder — the scholar and gentleman, Harold Pearson.” 
I cannot close this inadequate account of one of the most lovable men it 
has been my good fortune to know without a word of sympathetic reference 
to the devoted wife who shared his South African life. Though all botanists 
mourn the premature death of an able colleague and many are the poorer for 
the loss of a true friend, she whose loss is the greatest may derive some 
consolation from the knowledge that her husband’s services were very widely 
and very sincerely appreciated. 
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