Excerpt from Observations on the Embryology of Insects and ArachnidsDuring the three years of my acquaintance with Dr. Bruce, the rapid develop ment of his strong character was a constant pleasure to me, but while each day added strength to my belief that a most useful and distinguished career lay before him as a scientific investigator, I sorrow for the loss of an affectionate friend, rather than the death of a bright and promising pupil and student of nature.Our relation was not that of instructor and pupil, but an intimate personal friendship, to me he had brought his pleasures and successes, and his troubles and perplexities, and when I received, by the first mail which reached me at the Bahama Islands, the sad news of his death, I keenly felt the isolation which added intensity to the loss, and cut me off from a share in the expression of affection for his memory by his friends in Baltimore.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.