92 THE MISSION OF FATHER AND SON. 



which all their efforts were received, even by those who 

 should have been their warmest allies, would have crushed 

 the spirits of less resolute men. But these brave and 

 tried champions of health, supported with the knowledge 

 that they were fighting in a good cause a cause which, 

 in spite of all reverses, must ultimately triumph 

 were not to be daunted or turned aside from their pur- 

 pose. Encouraging each other by example of patient and 

 persistent work, they continued the fight until, step by 

 step, ignorance and prejudice fell before their attack, and 

 "Hygeia," the "Queen of Health," was restored to her 

 throne and dominion. 



The leading principle which actuated the life of the late 

 Mr. Robert Boyle namely, the welfare of his fellow-men 

 has been faithfully adhered to by his son, whose principal 

 aim in developing the great business of which he is now 

 the head has not been so much to amass wealth, as to 

 practically inculcate the lessons of sanitary reform. By 

 laying a sure foundation for future generations to profit by, 

 he has laboured in the hope that it may yet be within the 

 range of the possible to practically realize Dr. Richard- 

 son's " City of Health," and banish for ever the dread 

 fevers and diseases which at present scourge the earth. 

 If the acquisition of money had been Mr. Boyle's or his 

 father's object in life, they had opportunities presented them 



