The Somerset reporter., 1894-11-01

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'he -amr whether geu -a# aaI heaad
him Oh lie platform. or ia the leaa
room. OF Whe'h@ he reached fa4
through prose or -oag. you feel 'iat b.
LIND il all, was no ordinary intellectual
e.. power, but genius which -pflle-, aa8
holds your attention and interest by =
force yoa cannot well resist
iva, The good fortune Of the writer.
many year ago, to hear him Tor several
months IN a course Of medical lecture.
at Harvard University, aud although hi.
subject was a. dry a. dry bones. and tho
time OF his lecture quite inopportune.
coming between and o'clock r. N.
when it might reasonably DE supposed
the students would be hungry aud tired
having eaten nothing since breakfast.
from early morn. yet it Wa apparent
from the quiet of the room, and the
earnest attention given him, that he in-
terested them more than any who had
preceded him.
Like Midas of old. to whom Dionysus
gave the power of Transforming every
thing he touched into gold, so he seemed
able by his yivacity OF style. kcenuess Of
wit, and mental force TO make slime and
attractive, what in other hands would be
prosy aud duh.
As a physician he was no routine
practitioner, hampered by the "Iase
dirt" of the past but every case which
came under his care and treatment was
brought to the test of strong common
sense. which. with him was dominant in
all his professional career. While be-
lieving in drugs, and promptly deLying.
as was charged, that he once said that il
would be better for men and worse for
the fishes if they were all east into the
sea. he attached large Importance in the
prevention aid cure of disease. To
climate, habits Of lie exercise. pure air
good food. and the ,htactrr Of the
water we drink
While fayoring the aE.gul4rs" 80 call
ed, and belonging tp thai elpol, be WAS
not found wanting ia due respect, for
those who. identified, theu-elYes with
other systems OF practice: aud lac WIS
ever ready to accept thr Truth Whenever
and wherever he saw it, whether on
Christian or heather ground.
He WAS a true man in the highest and
best sense of the word. with malice
towards none, with good wishes for all
SO he lived and 50 lac died
lie could listen patiently to those who
differed from him in opinion and the
charity which he exercised towards
others was not spasm0dic. but had Il
broad. philosophic, and religious basis.
The differences he observed among men
in their intellectual and moral status
aud procliYities. he accounted for large
ly on the principle of heredity, e1uca-
tiOn and environment, over which they
had but limited control. > -.'4
He meant much when he said in an
swer to the question once asked him.
"When should the training of child be-
/ GIN lone hundred years before he
is born
His religion WAS practical rather than
theoretical. With him the every day
spirit and life was more decisive OF
character and mere potent in Influence
than the best formulated dogmls and
creedS.
Some one who knew him well, says
"Our Father" We're the words above all
others. that embraced aud contained his
religion and his religious convictions.
He wrote a few hymns. and among the
sweetest and best that have found their
way into some of our llymnal, i one
under the head Of "Omniproseuce' and