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ble reputation he secured could not have been acquired without 

 "independence of character and by spotless' purity in public and 

 private life." 



The interesting home owned and lived in for six generations of 

 his mother's family called "Waverly, " where he was born, still 

 belongs to them. Adjoining Bartram's Gardens the three hundred 

 acres reached the Schuylkill River, where, from their owii wharf, 

 they shipped the farm products and caught the shad in the spring, 

 justly prized from those waters. The city's growth has destroyed 

 these advantages which the earlier generations enjoyed, but it is 

 rare that any home in this country remains in the possession of the 

 sixth generation of any family. 



Interesting as was his early home, his late residence, near the 

 romantic Mill Creek and overlooking the beautiful hills beyond 

 Ardmore with the rare trees and shrubbery and attractive farm 

 land, was one in which he might have passed his latter days 

 in the truest enjoyment. He gave himself no rest, however, and 

 even the hottest days of summer were spent at Harrisburg in the 

 strenuous performance of his great work of protecting the people 

 of his State from the scourge of disease. 



Dr. Dixon was essentially a Philadelphian. He possessed that 

 modesty and freedom from the desire for notoriety or personal 

 distinction which has marked so many of the great men of our 

 city and State. This building, in which is now safely housed the 

 invaluable collections which he and his predecessors have obtained 

 and his work in securing- pure air and preserving the waters of the 

 State from pollution, are far greater monuments than any column 

 that could be erected in his memory. A plain tablet recording his 

 name, but not his deeds, as in the case of Franklin, is all that is 

 necessary. Dr. Dixon's monuments at least cannot be overlooked. 



My warm friendship for Dr. Dixon renders it a pleasure to con- 

 tribute in any way to the respect which is owed to his memory, 

 and as a lawyer to record the fact of his having been one of that 

 brotherhood. 



