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sion; a lack of courtesy towards our fellow chemists: and in this 

 respect we stand far below the medical profession. 



The present committee of three should be retired, and a larger 

 committee, of perhaps seven members, be appointed, representing the 

 various branches of our profession, and with power to draw up and 

 recommend a code of ethics. Such work should be done deliberately 

 and with the greatest possible discussion, which can not fail to have 

 a beneficial efifect, in pointing out evil practices and elevating our 

 Standards of behavior. This subject has already been discussed at 

 Indianapolis, Louisville and New York, and we believe that each of 

 the several sections would do well to devote one night to the discussion 

 of this problem. 



We do not think that for the present, at least, it will be possible 

 or desirable for the American Chemical Society to attempt the en- 

 forcement of a code of ethics, still less to examine members with a 

 view to certifying their competency as is done by the Institute of Chem- 

 istry of Great Britain; but we do feel that the adoption of a carefully 

 worked out code of ethics, prominently displayed in our publication, 

 would set before us the Standard of professional conduct, which, as 

 members of the American Chemical Society, we would be expected 

 to follow, and which would greatly tend to emphasize our brotherly 

 relations to fellow chemists and elevate the ideals of our profession. 



(Signed) A. C. Langmuir, C. F. McKenna, L. F. Brown, 



Committee. 



We noted recently, with great surprise, that the new edition of 

 the Encyclopedia Brittanica fails to give special 

 attention to cholesterol, although such substances 

 as chlorpicrin receive more than adequate notice. 



I know of no surer index of a man's greatness than the measure 

 of inspiration imparted by him. — Martin. 



A really great man is known by three signs — generosity in 



design, humanity in execution and moderation in 



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success. — ßtsmarck. 



An earnest endeavor to separate scientific truth from the influ- 

 ence of psychic turmoil must be the aim of the scientific man. — Lusk. 



The humanity which would prevent human sufifering is a deeper 

 and truer humanity than the humanity which would save pain or 

 death to animals. — Eliot. 



