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calamities, blended with the fond hope of enjoying inde¬ 
pendence and domestic peace and happiness, was so excessive 
that in pursuing my favorite subject among the meadows, 
I have sometimes found myself in a kind of reverie. It is 
pleasant to me to recollect that these reflections always 
ended in devout acknowledgments to that Being from whom 
this and all other mercies flow.” He was always reverent 
towards the Scriptures, presenting them to his god-children 
and other young people in whom he took interest, with 
little inscriptions, like the following: “To Augusta Bertie 
Parry, with the best wishes and affections of her god-father, 
Edward Jenner; who most devoutly hopes, as this is the 
best book that ever was written, she will give it not only 
the first place in her library, but convince those who love 
her dearly that it occupies the first place in her heart ” 
As was most eloquently stated at the Jenner Festival of 
the American Medical Association, at Atlanta, by Dr. Davis 
of Chicago, Jenner seemed “to look only for the fulfilment 
of Lord Bacon’s saying: ‘That it is heaven upon earth to 
have a man’s mind move in charity, rest in providence, and 
turn upon the poles of truth.’ ” (Journal of the American 
Medical Association, 9th May, 1896, p. 917.) 
A German memorial of Jenner, which I have received 
while writing this, from its author, Dr. L. Pfeiffer of Wei¬ 
mar, who besides being a celebrated medical numismatist, 
has long been a profound student of the biology of vacci¬ 
nation, closes with these quotations: 
From Liebermeister: “Jenner’s discovery is the great¬ 
est accomplishment that medical practice has ever made in 
this world.” 
From Hufeland: “If to anyone there is the certainty 
of earthly immortality, it is he. He will be known to the 
end of time as one of the greatest benefactors of the human 
race. Happy he who may have such a fortune!” 
It is because Jenner was a naturalist, and the philan¬ 
thropic interpreter of nature’s laws that all such should 
strive to be, that praise like this became possible, and that 
