272 TESTIMONIAL TO PROFESSOR MORTON. 
ee a thing of beauty is a joy for ever.” So it is with instruc- 
tion. It is possible to make the most uninviting subject 
interesting, and by arrangement, so to dispose of facts, that 
instead of their being a burthen to the mind, they become 
a source of continued pleasure and of profit. We should, 
therefore, endeavour to blend the “ utile cum dulce ” in our 
instructions. 
W e are told by the poet, that — 
“ Gifts are the beads of memory’s rosary, 
Whereon she reckons kind remembrances 
Of friends, and old affections.” 
They are as bright oases in the desert, which cheer us in our 
onw ard course. They steal over the senses, entrancing us, 
like music from the calm and silvery lake at even tide, when 
all is still. They act as incentives to industry, while at the 
same time they afford that satisfaction to the mind, 
“ Which none but he that feels it knows.” 
And if, in after years, should we have to contend with the 
frowns and storms of life, they say to the troubled waves 
thereof, “ Peace, be still.” 
It now only remains for me, Mr. Chairman, to thank you 
for the very handsome and courteous manner in which you 
have been pleased to convey to me the sentiments of your 
follow students. To me it has been highly gratifying ; and 
I am sure I speak only in consonance with their feelings, 
when 1 say, that in you they have found an admirable 
exponent. 
The material elements of this splendid gift, however, may, 
nay must perish; but the ethereal elements of the friendship 
which called it forth are capable of everlasting duration, and 
the expressions of kindness with which its presentation has 
been accompanied, w ill afford solace in life’s latest hour, and, 
if it be possible, freshen in eternity. To all of you I wish 
happiness and prosperity; but remember, to be prosperous 
and happy you must deserve it. Labour then assiduously 
and honestly in your profession, and be assured you will 
reap the reward if you faint not. Many of you are about to 
make your exodus into life, and to some it may prove at best 
a chequered scene. May your guide and director be “ the 
Pillar and the Cloud,” and may your safety and defence be 
the munition of Rocks.” I can wish you no better w r ish 
than this. 
Professor Sewell said, he had accepted the invitation 
to the Meeting with much anticipated pleasure, which had 
been fully realized. Moreover it w ould afford him, as resident 
