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such eager interchange of news and views. Such hours lift 

 one up, and make us strong for new duties." 



When, in the summer of 1876, Philip heard that the 

 British Government had recognized in their Education Bill the 

 Day Industrial Schools, for which his sister had been battling 



so long, he wrote : " Mary may almost say with that she 



has succeeded in all that she has undertaken. Success is 

 appointed to some, disappointment to others, by the same 

 Spirit." His own success, however, was greater than it ap- 

 peared when he contrasted it with his aspirations. Sanitary 

 work is often, in more senses than one, " foundation work," and 

 therefore hidden ; but he had succeeded in waking public 

 attention to it, and keeping it awake. The newspaper which 

 announced his death contained an article on "City Drainage 

 it referred to a discussion, that week, in the City Council, which 

 " showed that there had been a very marked improvement in 

 the system of drainage during late years ; and that there is a 

 very hearty appreciation of the further improvements which are 

 contemplated, being carried out upon some well-recognized 

 and permanent principle." The Council decided to obtain a 

 Report with this object. Philip's labours were not confined to 

 measures which required the concurrence of public bodies ; 

 there were many who discovered in their houses the causes of 

 disease through his practical suggestions ; multitudes learnt 

 from him how to preserve health : and even if his own days 

 were shortened by evils he could not prevent, he was instru- 

 mental in saving thousands of lives. 



As regards the Temperance Reform, he seemed at times to 

 be spending his strength for nought ; but the special effort of 

 his last months was crowned with success. At the first Annual 

 Meeting of the new Montreal Temperance Society (see p. 336), 

 the chairman said, "The burden of this work fell largely on 

 our late lamented friend and father, and the rest of us looked 

 on ourselves often as meeting chiefly to uphold his willing but 

 often weary hands." But they did not relax in .their exertions. 

 The anomalies in the existing laws, which he had pointed out 

 so persistently, were recognized : the Prime Minister (Mr. 



