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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 12, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 31.

J. G. Wood Dies in Poverty

The fact that men like J. G. Wood, the great naturalist, die destitute, speaks volumes regarding the taste of this age. Few men have done more to enlighten their fellowmen in those respects which (aside from true religion) have the tendency to refine and humanize mankind, but he died penniless. Had he invented some foolish game or some instrument of destruction, or had he been a great “bruiser,” he might have been wealthy and renowned. But he did much more, though his work was appreciated only by the few. He died in poverty, his death scarcely mentioned by the popular press.