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be for them to say, and I have no doubt they will express themselves in 
terms which will be satisfactory to us all. I am sure we are all indebted 
to him, and we never can sufficiently express the depth of our obliga¬ 
tions. (Loud cheers.) 
It now remains for me to present you, sir (addressing Professor Mor¬ 
ton), this silver salver and this purse; and we trust that you will receive 
them as a slight testimony of our gratitude, and also of our esteem and 
friendship. (Loud cheers.) 
The salver, contained in a handsome oak case, was then uncovered. It 
bore the following inscription : 
TO 
WILL¥ JN9 THOs MORTON, Esquire, 
fljis Salim, 
TOGETHER WITH A PURSE OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIYE GUINEAS, 
IS PRESENTED BY 
THE MEMBERS OF 
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS, 
ON HIS RETIREMENT PROM THE 
PROFESSORSHIP OF CHEMISTRY AND MATERIA MEDICA AT THE ROYAL 
VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
AS A MEMORIAL OF 
HIS LONG AND HONORABLE CONNECTION WITH THAT INSTITUTION, THEIR 
APPRECIATION OF HIS EMINENT ABILITIES AS A LECTURER, AND IN 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICES RENDERED BY HIM 
TO VETERINARY SCIENCE; 
AS WELL AS TO RECORD THE UNIFORM KINDNESS MANIFESTED BY HIM 
TOWARDS THE MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSION, WHICH HE ADORNS. 
LONDON, AUGUST 3d, 
1860. 
Professor Morton, on rising, was received with loud applause, which 
having subsided, he said: Mr. Chairman and dear friends,—I assure you 
that it is with no ordinary feelings I accept from you this munificent, un¬ 
expected, and, I fear, undeserved gift. (“No, no.”) I feel my utter 
inability to give expression to my feelings upon the present occasion. I 
do hope, however, that I shall be able to grapple with them, and over¬ 
come the little trepidation which at present oppresses me. I know we 
are told that “ out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh 
but I am quite sure that there are times and seasons when we are not 
able to express in words what the heart feels—when it is too full for utter¬ 
ance. Such a time and such a season to me is the present. But it will 
not do that, by “ expressive silence,” I allow you to conjecture my thanks. 
No, for I have cause indeed to thank you, and that most sincerely, for 
this marked manifestation of your kindness. Such a meeting as this, 
I confess, I had not anticipated. The number of friends present of course 
enhances very considerably the compliment paid to me, whilst at the 
same time my obligations are increased by the very handsome testimonial 
which you have been pleased to present me with. I stand before you in 
a threefold unprecedented position. As I am the first who has filled the 
Chair of Chemistry and Materia Medica at the College, so 1 am the first 
who has retired into private life in connexion with your Alma Muter; 
and I believe I may add, that I am also the first to whom so magnificent 
a present as that which I see before me, with this purse I hold in my 
