A memorial of Joseph Henry.

  • Taylor, William B. (William Bower) 1821-1895.
Date:
1880
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A memorial of Joseph Henry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    universal all, now? Then are man’s works greater than man himself! Then are the Pyramids grander than their builders! Then it were better to be a Yosemite pine than a Joseph Henry! But the truth of human immortality forbids this sujDposition of debasement, and speaks the truth which our hearts crave, and which our minds demand, as the necessary supplement of the interrupted human career. Yes! we shall see him again. In a land that is fairer than day!—in the full possession and active exercise of those mental powers which have been the admiration and gratitude of earth, shall we see him;—see him as along the pathway of an unending progress, and amid the ever-rising, ever-thickening glories of the universe, he makes his way upward and unto the infinite goal, ‘^ost in wonder, love, and praise.” The sublime creation of God which we have known as Joseph Henry is endowed with the power of an endless life. “Eternal foriA shall still divide The eternal soul from all beside; And we shall know him when we meet.” Till then, reverent philosopher, humble Christian, noble man,— farewell and farewell!