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and feuds which troubled the lives and impaired the usefulness of many of the mathematicians of the earlier part of the nineteenth century, Herschel succeeded in retaining the love of all; he was equally the friend of South and Airy, of Babbage and Whewell. His home at Collingwood was the ideal home not of a selfish bachelor wedded to science, but of a devoted husband and loving father. "He never lost his taste for simple amusements; was in his element with children; loved gardening, and took an interest in all technical arts." His family consisted of three sons and nine daughters. His sons have continued, though not in so brilliant a manner, the scientific reputation of the Herschel family. He was buried in Westminster Abbey near the grave of Sir Isaac Newton. On his monument there is his motto Coelis Exploratis and a reference to Psalms CXLV, 4, 5.