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Abstract

A PARAGRAPH has appeared in several papers stating that the venerable Professor of Geology in the University of Cambridge Prof. Sedgwick, purposed shortly vacating the chair. This announcement, we are credibly informed, is, to say the least, premature; and appears to have originated in a paragraph in the Professor's report to the University on the Museum under his charge. The words of this, however, do not necessarily imply more than that he begins to feel the burden of years heavy upon him; and in the University it is not believed that his resignation is imminent. Whether that come soon or late, all who have known how much he has done for the cause of natural science in the University will deeply regret it; and the fine collections in the Woodwardian Museum, amassed in great part during his tenure of the chair, and to no inconsiderable extent at his own expense, will long be a monument not unworthy of a life spent in the pursuit of science and in the service of his University.