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prove those of his race who most needed improvement 

 and light. In the execution of what he undertook, I 

 never met his equal for energy and sagacity, and I feel 

 sure that future ages will place him among the very first 

 of those missionaries, who, following the apostles, have 

 continued to carry the light of the gospel to the darkest 

 regions of the world, throughout the last 1800 years. As 

 regards the value of the work he accomplished, it might 

 be premature to speak, — not that I think it possible I can 

 over-estimate it, but because I feel sure that every year 

 will add fresh evidence to show how well-considered 

 were the plans he took hi hand, and how vast have been 

 the results of the movements he set in motion." 



The generous and hearty appreciation of Livingstone 

 by the medical profession was well expressed in the words 

 of the Lancet : " Few men have disappeared from our 

 ranks more universally deplored, as few have served in 

 them with a higher purpose, or shed upon them the 

 lustre of a purer devotion." 



Lord Polwarth, in acknowledging a letter from Dr. 

 Livingstone's daughter, thanking him for some words on 

 her father, wrote thus : " I have long cherished the memory 

 of his example, and feel that the truest beauty was his 

 essentially Christian spirit. Many adnhre in him the great 

 explorer and the noble-hearted philanthropist ; but I like 

 to think of him, not only thus, but as a man who was a 

 servant of God, loved His Word intensely, and while he 

 spoke to men of God, spoke more to God of men. 



" His memory will never perish, though the first fresh- 

 ness, and the impulse it gives just now, may fade ; but 

 his prayers will be had in everlasting remembrance, and 

 unspeakable blessings will yet flow to that vast continent 

 he opened up at the expense of his life. God called and 

 qualified him for a noble work, which, by grace, he nobly 

 fulfilled, and we can love the honoured servant, and adore 

 the gracious Master." 



