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look upon it as something of a far more important charac- 
ter. In reading through, which I did with great pleasure 
and instruction, and benefit in other ways, that remarkable 
will that has been published in the first annual report of 
the Trustees, I found that Mr. Shaw has read to the world 
a sermon on that subject that we have heard so much about 
within the last year or two, —the gospel of wealth. He 
has shown to the whole world in a thoroughly practical way 
that the preaching of this gospel is not best to be done by 
aman writing his will and leaving a pile of money to be 
distributed after his death. Now Mr. Shaw took the very 
sensible way, and sensible from many points of view, of 
using his money, at a time in life when he could enjoy the 
using of it. Iam not going to repeat what has been said ; 
but what is the use of money? What is the use of money? 
I will not appeal to commercial men, to business men, but 
I appeal to my own class of people, to every botanist and 
scientific man here to-night; and I know how they all feel 
about it. What is the use of money unless it can be used? 
Now Mr. Shaw perceived this. Mr. Shaw, after he accu- 
mulated his money, stopped. He said, ‘* Now I have got 
the money, I will not leave it in the bank, but I will use it. 
I cannot use it for myself. I cannot wear any more clothes 
than any other man. I cannot eat any more, or drink any 
more, or smoke any more, or read any more, or look at 
pictures any more than another man; but I can do what is 
far better. Far better than using this money for my own 
personal gratification, I can use it for giving pleasure to 
others.’”’ And the highest pleasure ! 
Mr. Shaw has given this lesson to the world: that the 
proper way to use wealth and the real gospel of wealth is 
to begin to use it at a time when one can get back the reflex 
pleasure from the enjoyment of others, and to plan for its 
good use to continue hereafter. Mr. Shaw did this ina 
signal manner. When a man dies and leaves his money 
and leaves it without too much thought, perhaps, he does 
not consider what Mr. Shaw seems to have so well con- 
