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James  Thornton  Shinn. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I  November,  1907. 
In  his  dealings  he  was  honorable  and  just;  a  man  of  excellent  judg- 
ment, accurate  and  prompt  in  business. 
He  wis  advanced  in  the  autumn  of  life,  but  with  his  faculties  well 
preserved,  and  still  actively  engaged  with  works  of  benevolence — 
when, 
"Like  a  shadow  thrown 
Softly  and  sweetly  from  a  passing  cloud, 
Death  fell  upon  him." 
On  the  morning  of  October  4,  1907,  on  arising  to  perform  his 
regular  duties  of  the  day,  he  was  taken  suddenly  ill,  and  in  a  brief 
space  of  time  his  noble  spirit  fled  from  its  human  habitation. 
Imagination  suggests  that  such  a  death  is  most  terrible  to  the 
family  and  friends  who  survive. 
It  has  been  said  of  Daniel  Webster  that,  when  dying,  in  his  last 
breath  he  uttered,  "  I  still  live." 
We  believe  that  the  real  individuality  of  James  T.  Shinn  still  lives, 
and  we  are  left  to  treasure  his  memory  and  emulate  his  example. 
Those  who  paid  their  last  respects  to  his  mortal  remains  must  have 
been  impressed  with  the  beautiful  tributes  to  his  memory  by  speakers 
who  had  known  him  for  years. 
His  sudden  death  was  a  great  shock  to  his  many  friends,  but  to 
those  who  will  feel  their  loss  most  keenly — his  wife  and  daughter — 
we  express  our  heartfelt  sympathy. 
They  have  much  to  console  them,  however,  in  the  purity  of  his 
character  and  useful  life. 
"  To  thine  own  self  be  true  ; 
And  it  must  follow,  as  the  night  the  day, 
Thou  canst  not  then  be  false  to  any  man." 
He  was  a  representative  pharmacist,  who  leaves  a  clean  record. 
His  memory  should  be  held  up  in  the  College  of  Pnarmacy  as  an 
example  for  the  youth  who  are  being  educated  for  the  practice  of 
pharmacv.  The  wisdom  of  his  example  should  be  a  beacon  to  the 
young  graduate. 
He  taught  pharmacists  a  valuable  lesson,  viz.,  that  they  could 
best  serve  their  business  interests  by  cultivating  the  mind  to  a 
benevolence  broader  than  the  confines  of  their  chosen  occupation^ 
and  to  economize  time  that  it  may  be  employed  in  other  pursuits, 
will  improve  their  ability  to  practice  pharmacy. 
We  have  been  informed  that  Mr.  Shinn  was  cordial  and  friendly 
to  his  competitors. 
