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 ox MEDICAL EDUCATION" 



[isro] 



It has given me sincere pleasure to be here to- 

 Aaj, at the desire of your highly respected Presi- 

 dent and the Council of the College. In looking 

 back upon my own past, I am sorry to say that I 

 have found that it is a quarter of a century since 

 T took part in those hopes and in those fears by 

 which vou have all recentlv been ac^itated, and 

 wliich now are at an end. But, althouojh so lonj? 

 a time has elapsed since I was moved by the same 

 feelings, I beg leave to assure you that my sym- 

 pathy with both victors and vanquished remains 

 fresh — so fresh, indeed, that I could almost try 

 to persuade myself that, after all, it cannot be 

 so verv lono^ ao:o. Mv business durins; the last 

 hour, however, has been to show that sympathy 

 with one side only, and I assure you I have done 



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