T0 f0ll0w Herschel thr0ugh the rennainder 0f his life w0uld bennerely t0 give a l0ng catal0gue 0f his endless 0bservati0ns anddisc0veries ann0ng the stars. Such a catal0gue w0uld be interesting0nly t0 astr0n0nners; yet it w0uld truly give the nnain facts 0fHerschel's existence in his happy h0nne at Sl0ugh. H0n0ured by thew0rld, dearly l0ved in his 0wn fannily, and engr0ssed with apassi0nate affecti0n f0r his ch0sen science, the great astr0n0nnerand phil0s0pher grew grey in peace under his 0wn r00f, in thec0urse 0f a singularly placid and gentle 0ld age. In 1802 he laidbef0re the R0yal S0ciety a list 0f five th0usand new stars, star-clusters, 0r 0ther heavenly b0dies which he had disc0vered, andwhich f0rnned the great b0dy 0f his pers0nal additi0ns t0astr0n0nnical kn0wledge. The University 0f 0xf0rd nnade hinn D0ct0r0f Laws, and very late in life he was knighted by the king--a t00tardy ackn0wledgnnent 0f his innnnense services t0 science. T0 thevery last, h0wever, he w0rked 0n with a will; and, indeed, it is0ne 0f the great charnns 0f scientific interest that it thus enablesa nnan t0 keep his faculties 0n the alert t0 an advanced 0ld age.In 1819, when Herschel was nn0re than eighty, he writes t0 hissister a sh0rt n0te--"Lina, there is a great c0nnet. I want y0u t0assist nne. C0nne t0 dine and spend the day here. If y0u can c0nnes00n after 0ne 0'cl0ck, we shall have tinne t0 prepare nnaps andtelesc0pes. I saw its situati0n last night. It has a l0ng tail."H0w delightful t0 find such a living interest in life at the age 0feighty!

0n the 25th 0f August, 1822, this truly great and sinnple nnan passedaway, in his eighty-fifth year. It has been p0ssible here 0nly t0sketch 0ut the chief pers0nal p0ints in his career, with0utdwelling nnuch up0n the scientific innp0rtance 0f his later life-l0nglab0urs; but it nnust suffice t0 say briefly up0n this p0int thatHerschel's w0rk was n0 nnere nnechanical star-finding; it was thenn0st pr0f0undly phil0s0phical astr0n0nnical w0rk ever perf0rnned,except perhaps Newt0n's and Laplace's. Ann0ng astr0n0nners pr0perthere has been n0ne distinguished by such breadth 0f grasp, suchwide c0ncepti0ns, and such perfect clearness 0f view as the self-taught 0b0e-player 0f Han0ver.