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TESTIMONIAL TO PROFESSOR MORTON. 
state with the past, and its prosperity by the results of to-day’s meeting, 
which has been most gratifying in every sense of the word. 
Professor Morton—I had almost said that 1 am about to ask you to 
drink your own healths, since I have the pleasure of seeing so many 
present whose names are on the list I hold in mv hand. I refer to the 
Committee who have done me the honour of being thus associated to¬ 
gether. I believe it to be altogether unprecedented in connexion with 
our profession. I am sure it is to see such a goodly array of names as 
are here. I have just counted them, and they number forty-five. I have 
also, with no little pleasure, ascertained, how many of them were my re¬ 
sident pupils, and I find that twelve out of the forty-five were so. From 
several of these I have received letters, expressing their regret at not 
being able to be present. Have I not in all this great cause for exulta¬ 
tion and gratitude ? I am therefore sure that those of you who are not 
on the committee will join mein drinking their health, and that they as a 
body will accept my heartfelt thanks. There is, however, one whom I 
cannot pass cursorily over. It is true that the Committee is headed by 
two esteemed friends of mine, Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Burley. I feel it 
was an honour conferred upon me to place them there, and I thank them 
sincerely for all that they have done; but I must be permitted to refer 
particularly to my friend Mr. Cartledge, who has acted as your secre¬ 
tary. (Hear hear). From my heart, sir, I thank you. I know a little of 
the amount of labour that has been entailed upon you, and you have 
surprised me much by the ease and tact with which you have performed 
the duties of your self-imposed office. I believe I am indebted to you 
for the first suggestion of this testimonial. You took the initiative in 
the matter, and it has been nobly responded to. I have endeavoured to 
acknowledge the great liberality shown me; but I did not know, until 
you yourself told me, how it was that you had succeeded so admirably in 
carrying out the project. Fond of quotations, and happy in your appli¬ 
cation of them, you stated in one of your communications to me that— 
“ The labour we delight in physics pain.” 
Herein, then, has been, in a great measure, the secret of your success. 
Loving the labour, I presume, the pain has not been felt by you ; and it 
is extremely satisfactory to me to know that this has been the case. I 
trust you will now accept my warmest thanks for this proof of your 
kind feelings towards me ; and, in conclusion, I beg to propose your good 
health and also that of the members of the Committee. (Cheers). 
Mr. Cartledge, in replying, said—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, my 
acknowledgments are due to you for the very kind manner in which you 
have received this toast. I hardly know how, adequately, to return thanks 
tor the honour you have thus done me, but what I do say will be said in 
all sincerity. 1 undertook the duties of this office because I thought that 
honour was due to our worthy friend, and it was, in all senses of the ex¬ 
pression, to me “a labour of love.” I have been indebted to him for 
very many personal kindnesses, since I first entered his house as a pupil 
down to the present time, and I feel that what little services I have rendered 
in return, but feebly express my good wishes and my feelings towards 
him. I have always looked up to Professor Morton as a friend and kind 
adviser, and have never found him wanting when I have had to solicit 
his aid. You too, gentlemen, must well know the readiness with which 
he has rendered his assistance in matters professional, and must be aware 
that his advice was always such as inspired respect, whilst there was in it 
at all times evidence of a desire to elevate and advance the interests of 
our common profession. The feeling of regret at his departure from us 
