New-York tribune., 1875-02-17
IN tho main interfering with your professional snssss

n IN. main ,u,errer,ng with your professional success
There arc exceptional instances, hut generally
70 attain position OF comfort and competence n .e
world been not so much from crcomssn. u,thin
s,te of him as from some weakness OF character "In
him When you see q who has been assisted grens
times by his friends, and has tired eat there
places got you may De SURE tuae
secret weakness somewhere tnat mus oocn .iSs of
ing his character. He blamcs circumsances aho
vct Sui the evil ~ I'm himself and he failed because
he been careful In the formation Oh nis n,
fer Do not say 10 me- therefore, the cant phrase VI
these times that YOU cannot afford TO keep conscence
for character and successat led-l scu hat were
nernancn-go ever hand In hand; and even II tnat weS
not so, II would he greater thing 70 'a'l Win " S
conscience than to sdcceeG with Oai QUO
cnneretuaIe Won on the choice which you have made
your after lives. The labor may pe u % ~. yeary
waiting especially ia tho early years, may ne wo",;,
nnt the work 10 which Won have given yourselves y
essentially benevolent You VIII nave u III @ raached
10 do more good to people than can oe % "a
Inv any other class of the community Your mlssvn ~
10 mitigate pain aud heal the u'seasos Va pov enter-
prise and wonid have yon TO enter upon ITS an,es i
with cOnseoration not unlike lhi vi ns,la DO not
therefore deflle this noble ministry Of yours oy @
IT simply into means OF ,d % or,Y 70 sec how
much he can make for hmself yon scorn ,ne dcs
who said, Put me into one & Oh 'hc @ cS Ietier
that may eat piece OF breaG out now W. ii ari
~ he who puts the professional gains oi the hod"~ "
above the practice of the art isctf ,- ,oroa,,rv
speak not thus, gentlemen, because OF any NC o. 80
| snlrit that have among memcai men on Wv, t'o
contrary have known few VINO nave dono heey
uOusy and uuweariedly so many worms VI pun ,ho ca ~
oence as they. Night and day they are ~ the cah, W
the suffaTer aud the poor, whO can repay tnoiA
only with gratitude, are tended py lner hen', ,ee
They finch from danger ana gruuge ~ saw ~
There at arms who nGht more ne,'aos Io
battles OF their country than ,hey III 'lh h len for
When nlnetentns OF the world nave Deeh NV al a.
hours they pass through the PROSTATE RANKS 1 ne en
eased before lying down to snatch iew uoi' % Gnt
rest tDer only Ieireshment in another day Oh eos i
with the great destroyer Into tue icoWsr W. T' Tnt
herOsm, gentlemen you are admlt,eu 10 n'En, hs
its suffer nothing In your hahds Na!,
ton tae halo OF yet parer sacrce. Live for the
good tnat you do, ana then honor wIl come VI
Work tor the blessing you can 'neu arouH" 'o1' ""'
then success Will come unsought
But may not close without adding sentence or Two
on the public your lives. Remember thar you
citizens Well medical men, and that alike fOm
your eoucaton and position there patlotlc re-
spOusii1tes resting upon you, wnlch you MAY N hoa I
evade without cowardice ignore without guilt Take
an interest therefore, In public at.rs. Lend your
selves 80 far you have the opportunity 10 every
movement which itself to your judgment Tor
the assistance purity and prosperity of The land
Cultvate that public spirit which is the essence OF H
true patriotism; and you have received the cVli anu
religious privileges OF this land from those VINO nave
gone before you, seek TO transmit them only purlned
aud ennobed by your influence 10 those wno shall
And now, as bid you heartily rodspeed the scene
OF the moment fades from my view, and think OF LIE
itself a series OF training periods each graduating
something that must be either higher or lower than
itself according have used our opportunities, OF
| abused them. The schUo6oy graduates into the stu
dent the student into the professional man the proes
sona nan into the of retirement, the man OF re-
trement into whats O, that last graduaton-iay tnat
is before us ALL m which we shall ne as IN TINS present
instance accepted or rejected! wen IOr US tnen II tne
Great Examiner shall say TO u.s." We'll done ~ May you
and gentlemen, ourselves through lie III the
OF GOD aud fellow men, for Chrlsts sake that
we shall receive at the end that divine diploma.
At the conclusion OF Dr. Taylor's remarks f. W. Spauld
ing A. b. of the graduating class, delivered the Vdie
dctory address which he chose for his subject 1.-The
IDEAL Physician" Promising that this ideal was always
preGxistent the real and only useful as perfect
| model TO be approxmaed by the latter. he compared
the hero as patriot and soldier TO the nober typc-o
hn who can look beyond personal and DatlOnal inter
esfs to those of humanIty-the true physician Unas
sumnC unknown fame, he spends his life III the
performance KIND acts often with the only reInunera
lion of CONSCIOUSNESS of duty performed and It's al
tendapt reward. The vaedctOrian addressed his class
mates briefly IN concluding, reminding them that from
this moment their paths dlverced. and MEETING them
warmly TO cOnsecratc themselves to the humane WORK
before them.
! 1t was expected that Chancellor Crosby would make
| an address, but he only SAID
GENTLEMEN: rave four reasons why shall not make
an address evening In tine first place IL IS too late
| either tC speak hear. In the second place you
have had good advice enough from the admirable ad-
dresses Of Dr. Taylor and Dr. Spauding In the third
place, have made my speech already both IN Eng ASH
aud In Latin speech that had element OF interest
AT least-tbat 1t abOunded In personalities. Laughter
And my laet reason is addressed To YOU, III yOul
own yernacuar-that the patient Is doing well now
that twould be imprudent to Introduce another prac
titiOner in the Applause. Will therefore eau
upon the Rev Dr. Taylor TO pronounce the benedction