Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-24
ruEGAZEfTE. FORT WORTH. TEXAS THURS DAY APRIL o.

~ the average charity OF the human
henrt. by persuasive Establishments
they engtnder the confidence of the
unwary, and even "lll,e Marius musing
mud the ruins Of Carthage take
p'easure In the desolation they have
wrought. Heaven spare the sick from
gifted ignorance Our German friends
paraphruse these characters, doctor
fner die Gesunder und G0tt will helpen
den kraunken.n Aud let us hone for
the Judgment of a Rhadamanthus with
the furies, Alecton and Ntegara, to
scourge these from our temple. To
many, n plea for our profession is not
necessary, that due consideration
should he awarded 10 the true and
just. Yet, the tares and wheat often
grow together, and while the survival
OF the iittest Is not predicted of us (nor
docs nature in her wise compensation
always afford relief), we are compelled
TO ask just discrimination that we he
not Judged aniss. True greatness and
Inherent goodness, when not over
balanced by extreme modesty, always
asserts Itself, and infeiiority soon
wears OUT
All beginnings of important discov-
cries have u wonderful influence on
subsequent investigation. 1t is pleas
ant to sit on the banks of some mighty
river and, with mental idealization,
meander that stream to its source
meeting here and there confluence.
the combined union of which makes a
grand, irrepressible river. And, so i.
Is pleasing, and oft profitable task, to
look back through by-gone ages and
contemplate the characters most prom.
inent in the different eras of our pro-
fession; to trace the peculiarities and
now we'll understood mission of each,
for every era Is indelibly marked with
the doings and teachings of some
master mind, whose individuality is
marked on his epoch. Stephenson's
memory rises before us equally as we
look on the toy motor or the
Corliss engine. So we re
member, with pride, the name
OF the patient botani,t, who gave us u
soothing balm OF alkaloid, as well as he
whose Inventive genius constructed
ths ophthalmoscOpe or lithorite. From
the very earliest efforts at the appli-
cation of medicine and remedies to the
cure of disease, with Pagan or Chris
tian, the physician has been held in
high esteem, and IL did not require q
Fenimore Cooper to tell the early
physicians Of these beautiful prairies
in what esteem 1.-THE medicine MANI
was held. Hippocrates was held in
such high esteem among the Greeks
that they sought to Deity him. The
Emperor Marcus Aurelius held the i'm
mortal Galen in such respect that he
lavished many valuable gifts upon
him, and desired that he should be the
companion of his travels. And, but
recently, II modern Rothschild, of this
state, paid similar tribute to an honored
fellow of this association. These sias-
ter minds who preceded lis climbed
from a dead sea level of darkness, SUI
perstition and ignorance to the mount
ain peaks of light and strength-thus
giving their successors high point of
departure in every subject of subse.
quent investigation. Their hard earned
goal Is our starting point. We
are very high because our
predecess crs climbed. What they
achieved by much labor and
thought we enjoy a. common hertz
age. Like jewellers on the plateau of
some broad mountain we are uncon-
scious of our elevated position until we
approach cliff ana look down the
canyon. 80 too, approach the elevated
characters of the past and we see the
depths out of which they raise them
selves and Us. No doubt the alluring
light OF some temporary success caused
them and US to believe perfection well
nigh attained. Yet Old Times keen
scythe swings on, and the harvest vet
Is ripe. No hand of man has vet
stayed old oceans wave, no structure
can defy the cyclones sweep, no
panacea nor close shut lattice can bar
out the swift-winged messenger,
Death. ut is appointed unto man
once to die" Approaching these facts,
We apply ourselves 10 the everything
present, for the best things are the
nearest light in the eye, air il. the
lungs, flowers at your feet, duties at
your hands. Then, while yet reach
ing out for higher attainments, grasp
not at the stars but do your work aS it
comes, certain that the everything
present is for our enjoyment. The
beautiful rainbow sitting on the wings
OF retreating storm-cloud, whose aw-
full shadows aud nAppings have been
engulhpg and shaking the earth. ON
the frat sun.burst through the dark
curtains of a tempest, makes q stronger
Impression on the mind than the clear
/ shining Of the sun sf.er days of calm.
30 with us many n brilliant rneteoric
genius whose every word or touch
lights up some hidden recess, or clears
up some before undispelled darkness.
Tor while will dazzle us by the
thought of his success. These are sue.
ceeded by far more numerous class
whose steady light, though less brill
iaht-and even ways aud quiet lives
are us useful as the toImer-arduous
70 a La.
Attentive list'ners, while Others teach.
whose mission Is to practice, not To breach.
lie priyates in our noble army band ="
ING country doctors, scattered through The
lald, 'ie
Bear the knapsack, catch the fiercest fire
To the household they are invalna.
oie, moving silently and with ouiet
dignity, born by honest, anxious toll.
heroes OF II thousand unsung successes
Az home as much with the sjmnIe
lever portrayed on the baby's dimpied
dreaming face as when clonic spasms
lend the strong man, or eclamnsia
oyclohe sweeps DER woman's frame.
The statesman In nations senate
hurIlnga philippe against Cataline
Vt the daring c0mmander OF cououeriu1
heroes scaling a besieged city,s wails
aud proudly waving his counfry,s II 40
anu giittering sword in the faces Of an
enemy, receiving their well-earned
pihuuils from grateful and adp,iring
people, isels not more pride of trus
GREATNESS Than does many an .onaIIv
deserving modest hero at the beasids
who by some coup d, etat. some darins
1 isxt