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ers’ tables. Moreover, familiar and hackneyed though it be, 
ye need not be ashamed to bear in our hearts that 
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He prayeth best who lovethbest, 
All things, both great and small; 
For the same dear God who made us, 
He made and loveth all. 
No love here bestowed on dumb animals can be wasted. 
ACCEPTING THE HOSPITAL. 
In the name and on behalf of the Trustees of the Univer- 
ty of Pennsylvania I accept this gift, and am happy in ac- 
;pting it from hands the most worthy of all others to bestow it. 
nd this symbolic key unlocks other doors besides those of the 
mine infirmary. At its turning, the doors of memory unfold 
id the shadowy past again becomes real before us; and 
^ain we see the happy hour when the veterinary depart- 
ent, whereof this canine infirmary is a ward, was founded 
r the late J. B. Lippincott. So quietly, so unostentatiously 
as the large sum of $20,000 given, that we, his co-trus- 
es, were scarcely aware of the gift until its presence was 
ivealed in the treasurer’s columns. As far as any blare of 
lf-laudatory trumpets was concerned, the gift was as dumb 
any of the animals whom it has since blessed. The school,' 
