III. 



ON MEDICAL EDUCATION. 



(AN ADDRESS TO THE STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE 

 IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON, MAY 18, 1870, ON THE 

 OCCASION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES FOR THE SESSION.) 



IT lias given me sincere pleasure to be here to-day, at 

 the desire of your highly respected President 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 I took part in those hopes and 

 in those fears by which you have all recently been 

 agitated, and which now are at an end. But, although 

 so long a time has elapsed since I was moved by the 

 same feelings, I beg leave to assure you that my 

 sympathy with both victors and vanquished remains 

 fresh so fresh, indeed, that I could almost try to per 

 suade myself that, after all, it cannot be so very long 

 ago. My business during the last hour, however, has 

 been to show that sympathy with one side only, and I 

 assure you I have done my best to play my part heartily, 

 and to rejoice in the success of those who have suc 

 ceeded. Still, I should like to remind you at the end of 

 it all, that success on an occasion of this kind, valuable 

 and important as it is, is in reality only putting the foot 



