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varied  knowledge  ?  Simple  facts  show  how  useful  he  has  been  in 
the  progress  of  chemistry  and  other  sciences.  Men  like  Scheele, 
Priestley,  Davy,  Baume,  Roliquet,  Soubeiran  and  Pelouze  were  phar- 
macists, not  to  mention  others  who  surround  us  at  the  present  mo- 
ment. "  Let  us,"  concluded  M.  de  Mazieres,  "  show  all  this ;  let  us 
prove  it  by  pointing  to  the  venerated  features  of  those  who  have 
preceded  us.  That  is  why  this  statue  is  erected  to-day.  We  do 
not  wish  alone  to  ornament  a  public  place — we  wish  to  do  a  work  of 
reparation  and  justice  towards  two  famous  pharmacists,  and  towards 
the  noble  profession  they  adorned.  Pelletier  and  Caventou's  image 
will  rest  here  for  long  centuries ;  it  will  serve  as  an  example  to 
many  generations  of  students  who  pass  daily  on  their  way  to  the 
lessons  of  their  learned  professors,  and,  at  the  same  time,  it  wilL 
teach  the  crowd  the  lesson  we  had  sought  to  teach,  that  pharmacists 
have,  by  their  science  and  unselfishness,  merited  the  title  of' benefac- 
tors of  humanity.' " 
M.  Pelisse  read  an  eloquent  address  prepared  in  the  name  of  the 
General  Association  of  French  Pharmacists  by  M.  Riethe,  who  was 
absent  through  a  family  bereavement.  He  spoke  in  the  name  of 
French  pharmacists,  saying  that  in  this  day  of  reparation  10,000 
hearts  in  France  and  abroad,  from  famous  professors  to  humble  ap- 
prentices, would  beat  together  in  pride  and  joy  at  the  honor  done  to 
the  profession.  Pelletier  and  Caventou  united  all  the  qualities — 
science,  unselfishness,  love  of  one's  neighbor.  "  To  the  glory  of 
pharmacy  "  might  be  the  inscription  engraved  on  the  pedestal.  Yes  ; 
from  the  humble  officines  of  pharmacists  this  famous  remedy  had 
made  its  way  over  the  entire  world.  Illustrious  masters  and  humble 
practitioners  of  pharmacy  joined  hands  in  a  common  pride  and  a 
common  hope.  To  those  who  were  never  tempted  by  vulgar  pub- 
licity, international  pharmacy  to-day  offered  the  tribute  of  its  ad- 
miration. The  lesson  of  all  this  was  unity — let  them  profit  by  this 
Congress  to  unite  among  themselves,  whatever  their  opinions  or 
nation.  They  had  united  Pelletier  and  Caventou  in  one  statue  ;  at 
its  feet  let  them  unite  themselves. 
M.  Guignard,  Director  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy,  traced  the 
career  of  Pelletier  and  Caventou  at  the  School  of  Pharmacy.  It 
was  extremely  unfortunate  for  the  auditors  that  the  rumble  of  traffic 
on  this  busy  thoroughfare  somewhat  covered  the  voice  of  the  emi- 
nent botanist.    He  alluded  to  the  "  two  glorious  and  inseparable 
