Bulletin of the State Normal School, Fredericksburg, Virginia, October, 1915 . benefiting a few, but all the earth. Nor is this all. In him I point youto the man, who, in view of the character and value of his dis-coveries and the obstacles overcome, has received less recognition andreward from his fellow countrymen than any man who has ever livedamong us. The ingratitude of this nation is in nothing more point-edly displayed than in its refusal thus far to pay, even in part, itsincalculable debt to this constructive scientist by the erection of amonument, the gift of a medal, or in any other
Bulletin of the State Normal School, Fredericksburg, Virginia, October, 1915 . benefiting a few, but all the earth. Nor is this all. In him I point youto the man, who, in view of the character and value of his dis-coveries and the obstacles overcome, has received less recognition andreward from his fellow countrymen than any man who has ever livedamong us. The ingratitude of this nation is in nothing more point-edly displayed than in its refusal thus far to pay, even in part, itsincalculable debt to this constructive scientist by the erection of amonument, the gift of a medal, or in any other appropriate way. The un-speakable shamelessness of this ingratitude is accentuated by the studied andsuccessful policy of petty politicians to suppress even mention of his namein the authoritative papers at the nations capital. His name is omitted atthe Naval Observatory which he founded; in the history of the Brussels Con-ference, at which every civilized nation of the world did him distinctive andunprecedented honor while he yet lived, the American historian in his blind-. N GROVE CAT 15 ing prejudice fails to record his name; and in the beautiful CongressionalLibrary at Washington the name of Maury does not appear either amongthe scientists or the naval officers of America. The unpardonable affront totruth and justice thus exemplified makes my blood boil, especially when,searching for a motive, I find none except the fact that he was a Southerner,and in the War between the States he pinned his faith to the land of hisfathers, following, like Lee, the dictates of his conscience rather than theallurements of reward and honor. His life throughout was so steady, hisheart was so pure that the only crime—God save the mark—he ever com-mitted during his career was his allegiance with the incomparable Lee in thejust cause that was lost. The principal achievements of the subject of this sketch, enough in numberand importance to enroll his name high among the immortals in the Hall
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