Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
THE + $. ROBERTSON BEQU EST TO
THE UNIVERSITY

The executor of the will Of the late Or.
Thomas Sexton Robertson of New York
states In answer to an inquiry, that after
making few minor requests to several
of his intimate friends, DY. Robertson be-
quca thcd the residue of his estate to the
University of NctmOnt-directing Special
Is that no part of it he given 10 his wife.
from whom he had separated, The exact
amount OF the estate is not at present
known, nor how much will he received by
the University after the debts are liqu-
dated and the estate settled. There are
rumors that the widow will contest the
will, hut II is not doubted by others in
II position to know, that the bequest will
he sustained and become available to the
University.
Dr. Thomas Sexton Robertson, the New
York papers say, was born in Glasgow,
Scotland. and did his early medical work
in the London hospitals. lie came to this
country about 1875 and decided to get
tegree at some American college. His
uncle, DR.. William Darling, was profess
sor Of anatomy in the medical depart
ment Of the University of Vermont. DR..
robertson entered that medical school
and graduated in 1879, He went to New
York, made a speciality of nervous dis
cases and soon had lucrative practice.
Actors and actresses We're numerous
among his patients and it is said that he
had wider acquaintance in that pro-
Icssion than any other physician in the
country. He is described as a man of
great personal magnetism and he had Il
host of friends lie had been ailing for a
year or two. Twice within a year he was
sick with pneumonia and since the last
attack he had bronchial trouble. He was
I member of the Players club; of the
American Geographical society, the New
York County Medical society and the New
YORK Neurological society.
In euogy of him, prepared by Col
Robert Ingersoll, which was read at his
funeral Col. Ingersoll said of Dr. Robert
son:
He who lies before us in the sleep of
death was my friend and | was his. lie
WAS generous tn his fellowmen and his
hands were always swift to help, eager to
save. lie pitied the fr!endless, the hope
less. He was proud of his profession, the
noblest, proud of his skin, of his success
lie was quick to decide. ito act prompt,
tirelcss always forgetful Of self. lie
heightened life and conquered pain. Hun
dleds are well and happy now because he
lived lie was not quite fashioned for
lnis world, The flint and thorns on life's
highway bruised and pierced his neSh and
for his wounds he did not have the blessed
balm of patience. lie felt the manacles
the limitations. the Imprisonment of life
and so within the walls and bars he wore
his very soul away. lie could not bear the
storms. The tides. the winds, the waves
In the morning of his life dashed his frail
bark against the rocks. He fought as best
he could and that he felt was not his
fault
lie was honest, generous and courage
Gus. These three great virtues were his
tie was a true and steadfast friend see
Ing only the goodness of the ones he loved.
Only great and noble heart is capable
of this. But he has passed beyond the
reach of praise or blame. passed to the
realm of rest, to the waveless calm Of
perfect peace.
The storm IL spent the winds are hush
ed. the aching heart has ceased to beat.
and within the brain all thoughts, all
hopes and fears, ambitions. memories. re-
joicings and regrets, all images and pic
lures of the world he knew, are now as
though they had not been. And yet
Hope, the child of Love, the deathless be-
yond the darkness sees the dawn. And
we who knew and loved him will keep his
memory green.