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optimism we will quote Mr. Alfred L. Donaldson's description of 

 the circumstances under which it was written. 



"He had been suffering from one of his most serious relapses high fever, 

 acute coughing spells, and broken sleep. He woke in the small hours of each 

 morning, and lay tossing uncomfortably on his bed. Then it occurred to him 

 that instead of lying there idly between coughs, thinking of himself and his 

 troubles, he might better concentrate his mind on some preparation for the 

 great meeting over which he had been asked to preside. So he turned on the 

 light near his bed, reached for pad and pencil, and began the rough draft of 

 this notable address on optimism. Not long after he was able to leave his 

 bed and deliver it in person. What it means to turn out optimistic literature 

 under such conditions only those who have tasted them can realize; but the 

 unusual feat is essentially typical of Dr. Trudeau's whole career." 



The same all-pervading optimism, faith in God, and faith in his 

 friends and colleagues, faith in the present and the future, per- 

 meated the life of this beloved physician from the beginning to 

 the end of his earthly career. He died November 15, 1915, at the 

 age of sixty-seven. By his own life, with its sufferings and trials, 

 he showed us how to forget self, and taught us that by consecrat- 

 ing our lives to high ideals and true service to our fellow-men we 

 are rendering the highest service to God. 



A few weeks before his death there occurred an event that must 

 have tended to make the last hours of the great Trudeau su- 

 premely happy. An ardent admirer of his, Mr. Samuel Mather, 

 of Cleveland, made it possible, through a magnificent gift, for a 

 post-graduate medical institution, to be known as the Trudeau 

 School for Instruction in Tuberculosis Science, to be established at 

 Saranac Lake. Thus Trudeau's noble wish to spread the best 

 scientific knowledge of the prevention and cure of tuberculosis 

 became realized. Several societies whose object is the scientific 

 study of tuberculosis have also been named in his honor. 



On August 10, 1918, a distinguished company of physicians, 

 friends, and former patients of Dr. Edward L. Trudeau gathered 

 in the grounds of the Sanatorium at Saranac Lake, N. Y., to 

 witness the unveiling of a memorial statue of the noted physician. 

 In this life-size bronze the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, has suc- 

 ceeded in reproducing in a marvelous manner the spiritual ex- 

 pression so characteristic of the great teacher. The statue is the 



