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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
the subsidence of the storm, although now and then the 
waves may dash ineffectually upon the shore, we shall hail 
the calm, rejoicing in it, for the power of Great Britain in 
the East will hereafter be irresistible, and becoming consoli¬ 
dated, it may be hoped that by the operation of industry, 
aided by science, the capabilities of that rich country will 
become developed. 
In that rebellion several of our professional brethren lost 
their lives. It was not theirs to move in serried ranks, nor 
wield the falchion. Their duty was not warlike ; neverthe¬ 
less they fell, basely murdered. Can it be said, 
“ Happy for them was the opportunity of death” ? 
Yet for them the heart of the nation has not throbbed, 
orators have not declaimed, senators have not applauded. 
Their names are simply recorded in our humble pages, 
and we regret their loss, for we knew them all. Little 
thought we that, while yet young and hopeful, just entering 
on life’s duties, they would have been hurried hence, and 
in such a manner. May no recurrence of the like atrocities 
awaken a nation’s sorrow, nor our own. 
Yet although none have fallen in war, or by the ensan¬ 
guined hand of massacre during the year, we have had to 
record the death of one and the return of others, on whom 
the climate of India has produced its enervating influence 
while engaged in the performance of their duties. The rest 
were among us here, many being much younger than our¬ 
selves, with whom, perhaps, the change is not far distant. 
Still, they are only gone before, and we shall meet again— 
“ Where—every faculty renewed— 
No evil mingles with the good ; 
Where pain and parting ne’er intrude— 
We’ll meet again.” 
