joo     Memorial  Meeting  to  Professor  Remington.  {^braair^xT' 
a  student  at  his  feet,  because  one  could  always  learn  from  him;  he 
had  such  a  boundless  fund  of  information  on  almost  every  subject. 
They  say  that  he  who  influences  the  thought  of  his  own  time 
influences  all  eternity.  Therefore,  we  know  that  the  influence  of 
Joseph  P.  Remington  will  go  on  forever,  so  long  as  pharmacy  is  a 
science. 
There  is  another  phase  of  his  character  that  has  not  been  dwelt 
upon,  and  which  I  knew  very  well.  That  is  his  cleanness  of  heart 
and  soul.  I  never  knew  a  man  who  had  that  innocent  view  of  things 
for  a  man  of  mature  years  to  such  a  degree  as  he  had.  He  had  that 
kind  of  cleanness  that  is  contagious.  I  have  observed  him  in  gather- 
ings of  men  and  I  have  seen  him  enter  the  smoking  compartment  of 
a  Pullman  car,  where  sometimes  stories  are  told  that  are  somewhat 
risque,  and  without  apparently  exercising  any  conscious  influence 
on  the  conversation,  direct  it  into  healthful  channels,  by  his  personal 
magnetism  introducing  a  clean  tone  into  the  atmosphere.  There- 
fore, I  have  always  felt  that  he  exemplified  Kipling's  phrase  '  In 
simpleness  and  gentleness,  in  honor  and  clean  mirth,'  because  if 
there  ever  was  a  man  who  was  clean  it  was  Professor  Remington. 
So  far  as  his  personal  magnetism  was  concerned,  everyone 
must  pay  tribute  to  that;  it  was  his  outstanding  characteristic.  He 
had  the  faculty  of  making  friends  of  his  enemies.  '  Every  pilot  can 
steer  the  ship  in  calms  but  he  performs  a  skilful  task  who  can  manage 
it  in  storms.'  In  piloting  an  association  over  the  shoals  of  some 
apparently  insuperable  difficulty  or  some  committee  over  the  reefs 
of  personal  differences,  he  exercised  his  powers  to  the  fullest 
extent. 
Then  followed  Dr.  C.  B.  Lowe,  professor  of  materia  medica  at 
the  college: 
I  have  been  pleasantly  associated  with  Professor  Remington 
for  a  third  of  a  century,  and  during  that  time  I  have  found  him  a 
kind  friend  whom  I  shall  miss  very  much.  I  should  like  to  para- 
phrase an  author's  lines,  as  follows : 
"  Dear  friend,  we've  lived  long  together, 
Through  sunshine  and  through  cloudy  weather; 
Say  not  "  Good  night," 
But'  in  some  brighter  clime, 
Bid  me  '  Good  morning.'  " 
