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poses,  but  also  inspiring  and  encouraging  the  humblest  to  hope  for  the 
most,  and  to  persevere  in  spite  of  all  conditions  and  circumstances. 
Monuments  furthermore  serve  as  a  kind  of  connecting  link  between 
all  the  avocations  and  vocations  of  men.  The  liberator  of  the  op- 
pressed stands  with  him  who  has  mitigated  the  ravage  of  disease. 
The  poet  or  painter,  with  his  inspiring  creations,  stands  with  the 
mechanic  or  business  man  who  has  increased  the  comforts  of  life, 
or  with  the  philanthropist  who  through  his  benevolence  has  estab- 
lished homes,  hospitals  and  asylums.  Monuments  in  imperishable 
bronze  serve  the  double  purpose  of  elevating  the  calling  to  which 
they  are  dedicated,  as  well  as  of  inspiring  the  race. 
Pharmacy  occupies  a  peculiar  position  at  present.  She  is  about 
to  emerge  from  the  obscurity  of  the  past  into  the  light  of  the 
present,  and  receive  the  just  recognition  that  is  due  her.  Her  ad- 
ministrators are  mixing  more  with  the  outside  world,  and  taking  very 
active  interest  in  public  and  benevolent  as  well  as  municipal  affairs, 
and  they  are  showing  that  they  may  be  unselfish  in  not  only  the 
apparently  insignificant  but  important  work  ot  the  retail  pharmacist, 
but  in  affairs  which  concern  the  city  and  State.  Monuments  rep- 
resenting achievements  in  pharmaceutical  investigation  or  perpetu- 
ating the  memory  of  distinguished  representatives  of  this  art  would 
serve  additionally  to  impress  upon  the  public  their  relationship  to 
the  apothecary  and  raise  pharmacy  to  its  proper  place  among  the 
arts  and  sciences. 
II.  Scholarships  and  fellowships  are  in  the  nature  of  memorials, 
which  may  be  looked  upon  as  being  more  businesslike  in  their  concep- 
tions and  operations.  Like  hospitals  and  other  benevolent  institu- 
tions, they  are  most  appreciated  by  those  who  have  most  need  of  them. 
Scholarships  and  fellowships  in  commemoration  of  events  or  the  lives 
of  individuals  serve  to  perpetuate  the  incidents  of  the  former  or  the 
memory  of  the  latter.  They  are  like  family  heirlooms,  without  the  sa- 
cred tie  of  blood  and  inheritance.  The  individual  who  benefits  from 
the  use  of  scholarships  and  fellowships  may  be  inspired  to  do  a  great 
work  and  may  be  grateful  for  the  opportunities  afforded,  but  more 
generally  he  recognizes  the  hand  and  not  the  heart,  appreciates  the 
help  received,  but  neither  the  motive  of  the  donor  nor  of  the  friends 
who  mean  to  do  something  that  shall  be  in  the  nature  of  a 
memorial.  Scholarships  and  fellowships  are  not  sentimental  pro- 
ducts ;  they  are,  in  some  respects,  infinitely  more.    They  become 
