AFebmaryPi19i81'^  Memorial  Meeting  to  Professor  Remington.  97 
Dr.  H.  C.  Wood,  Jr.,  vice-chairman  of  the  U.  S.  P.  committee 
of  revision,  Philadelphia  : 
My  father  was  an  associate  and  friend  of  Professor  Reming- 
ton and  I  cannot  remember  the  time  when  I  did  not  know  Professor 
Remington.  I  have  seen  him  at  various  associations  and  I  have 
wondered  at  his  diplomatic  skill  in  difficult  situations,  to  which  Mr. 
Mayo  has  referred.  I  have  read  his  books  and  have  sat  at  his  feet 
and  have  marveled  at  the  breadth  of  his  scientific  knowledge.  I 
have  visited  in  his  home  and  have  been  charmed  by  his  genius  for 
hospitality.  I  have  had  the  privilege  of  working  with  him  for 
fifteen  years  on  the  U.  S.  Dispensatory  and  have  more  recently  been 
associated  with  him  in  the  work  of  the  U.  S.  P.  revision  committee — 
privileges  which  I  highly  esteem.  He  was  a  great  educator,  states- 
man, scientist  and  friend.  He  is  not  gone;  his  spirit  remains  with 
us  and  will  remain  to  inspire  us  as  long  as  we  are  left. 
Prof.  E.  G.  Eberle,  editor  of  the  Journal  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  Philadelphia: 
It  is  difficult  to  speak  of  Professor  Remington  now;  he  is  too 
near  for  the  full  worth  of  the  man  to  appear.  We  who  have  known 
him  intimately  for  many  years  have  suffered  a  bereavement  that  we 
cannot  speak  of  in  words  that  are  adequate,  but  time  will  bring  this 
loss  into  evidence.  What  now  might  seem  fulsome  eulogy  will  be 
found  insufficient  to  wholly  express  the  true  character  and  inex- 
pressible loss  to  pharmacy  by  his  death. 
Frederick  M.  Davenport  said,  '  Let  none  suppose  that  any 
crowd  of  American  college  boys  ever  sat  for  one  year  or  two  years 
at  the  feet  of  a  college  professor  without  knowing  the  substance  of 
that  man.  There  is  nothing  human  that  I  know  of  so  near  infallible 
as  the  final  estimate  that  college  men  put  upon  an  instructor.' 
The  graduates  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  with 
few,  if  any,  exceptions,  revere  Professor  Remington;  there  are  not 
very  many  teachers  who  retain  the  continued  friendship  of  the 
alumni  as  did  Professor  Remington.  I  knew  him  as  a  teacher  and 
almost  adored  him,  and  soon  after  my  graduation  it  fell  to  my  lot 
to  be  associated  with  him  in  one  way  or  another,  and  I  greatly  re- 
spected him ;  further  years  brought  me  into  closer  touch  and  I 
loved  him  as  a  friend. 
At  this  time  we  can  speak  of  him  best  by  a  survey  of  his 
