2IO The Franklin Bi-centennial 



ship and unrivalled diplomatic qualities to which Amer- 

 ica is so greatly beholden; the Faculties of Medicine 

 are mindful that Franklin was the founder of one of 

 the first Hospitals established in the New World; and 

 the Faculties of Science salute him as an investigator 

 whose discoveries have yielded far-reaching and most 

 fruitful results. 



Moreover, in his career as a whole, with its lessons 

 of fortitude in adversity and strenuous endeavour for 

 great ends, the Universities rejoice to behold a splendid 

 exemplar and incentive. 



It is with pleasure and with pride that the University 

 of Edinburgh calls to mind the special ties which during 

 his lifetime united Franklin with Scotland — his lau- 

 reation by the University of St. Andrews, his admission 

 as a burgess and guild-brother of the Scottish metropolis, 

 and his friendship with Adam Smith, with David 

 Hume, with Lord Kames, and William Robertson the 

 Principal of the University of Edinburgh. 



Time cannot wither Franklin's fame. It is the heart- 

 felt hope of the University of Edinburgh that the pros- 

 perity of the American Philosophical Society may be 

 as enduring as the memory of its founder. *' Stet fortuna 

 domus." William Turner, 



(Seal) Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 



L. J. Grant, 

 Secretary of the Senatus Academicus. 



