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him angry without weighty cause, and then in matters of serious
, import only. Toward me, first as his secretary and later as Assistant
Secretary of the Institute. and Society, he showed unfailing
patience and courtesy. We could always disagree amicably,
whether in minor or in major matters. Were it a point in punctuation
or English in the reading of proof, or a question of the
polity of the organization, he tried to see the matter dispassionately
from the angle of one's criticism, and nearly always succeeded,
tho of course not always agreeing. But one got what can
best be termed a respectful hearing, for our leader was so great
a man that he looked for light and discerned it, whether the
luminary were candle or star.
Neither censure nor praise did he dispense in words, on any
occasion that I recall, yet his confidence and trust were the unvoiced
but real spur and reward. One did not miss the spoken
word.
A great and patient teacher, a great seer blazing a trail for
oncoming generations to follow,-we have had the proud honor
of working for him and with him. In deep sincerity we give him
thanks and Godspeed. Vale!
THE SCIENTIST.
BY WALDEMAR KAEMPFFER't.
Editor of" Popular ScitKce M ontlsly."
If ever there was a man who brought to the investigation of
psychic phenomena the technical methods of the laboratory scientist,
it was Dr. Hyslop. The essence of real scientific research is
control of the influencing conditions. One has only to read the
voluminous reports in which Dr. Hyslop records the results of
his experiments with mediums to realize how rigorously control
was exercised and how comparable was Dr. Hyslop's work with
that of the foremost laboratory investigators in physics, chemistry
or psychology. There is nothing of that emotionalism which
characterizes the work of the untrained amateur investigator.
Dr. Hyslop was not looking for thrills, nor for evidence to substantiate
pet theories of his own, but for incontrovertible facts
upon which theories may be safely built.
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