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ment,  but  that  right,  eternal  right,  which  is  only  another  name  for  Truth, 
triumphs  through  the  centuries.  He  never  grew  "  stale."  He  always  kept 
young  by  associating  with  young  people. 
He  had  unusual  courage.  At  a  meeting  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  held  last  spring,  I  asked  Professor  Rem- 
ington as  to  his  physical  condition  and  expressed  my  sympathy.  He  replied : 
"I  am  near  the  end  of  my  life!  "  He  said  this  calmly  and  with  a  smile.  He 
was  "At  the  End  of  the  Trail,"  as  exemplified  by  the  wonderful  statue  of 
that  title  at  the  San  Francisco  Exposition,  typifying  the  final  extinction  of 
the  Red  Man — the  Indian  on  a  pony,  both  "  all  in,"  utterly  exhausted,  inca- 
pable of  going  further,  at  the  brink  of  a  precipice  overlooking  a  dark  valley. 
And  the  point  is,  he  spoke  of  his  "  passing  "  without  a  trace  of  fear — with  a 
smile  on  his  lips  and  immortality  in  his  eyes.  He  was  unabashed  and  un- 
afraid of  Death,  ready  to  go  down  into  the  Dark  Valley  and  face  his  Maker ! 
This  was  courage,  real  courage,  unusual  courage.  And  such  a  courage  he 
exhibited  time  and  time  again  in  the  crises  of  his  life. 
And  now  he  is  gone.  "  We  ne'er  shall  look  upon  his  like  again."  But 
the  world's  work  must  go  on.  American  pharmacy  has  grown  more  during 
the  past  fifty  years  than  ever  before  and  it  must  grow  still  more  during  the 
coming  years,  or  perish.  Therefore,  let  us  catch  inspiration  from  the  lives 
of  such  men  as  Procter,  Parrish,  Squibb,  Rice,  Maisch  and  Remington,  and 
let  each  one  of  us  do  our  utmost  to  promote  the  growth  of  American  pharmacy 
in  its  best  estate.  We  cannot  all  be  leaders,  nor  need  be,  but  we  all  can  be 
workers,  and  if  each  one  works  to  his  fullest  possible  limitations — and  no 
man  really  knows  his  own  possibilities — God  only  knows — the  future  will  be 
safe  for  sick  humanity. 
CHARLES  HOLZHAUER. 
There  are  men  in  every  walk  of  life  who  are  not  conspicuous  in  the  public 
eye  and  yet  who  wield  unusual  influence.  They  are  the  quiet,  modest,  unob- 
trusive, deep  thinkers,  with  high  ideals  and  excellent  judgment,  and  enthusi- 
astic in  service — men  whose  opinions  are  ever  in  demand,  men  who  mould 
public  opinion.  They  are  the  balance  wheels  in  organization-life,  the  men 
who  hold  the  balance  of  power  between  the  ultra-radicals  and  the  ultra- 
conservatives,  and  make  for  constructive  progress.  Such  a  man  was  Charles 
Holzhauer,  an  honor  to  himself  and  a  credit  to  his  craft.  He  served  his  God 
and  his  fellowman  with  rare  zeal  and  industry,  and  we  all  had  deep  affection 
for  his  genial  personality  and  admired  him  for  his  sterling,  upright  character. 
He  loved  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  all  that  if  stood  for. 
His  life's  work  was  like  the  man  himself — honest,  useful,  industrious,  suc- 
cessful, thorough  and  well  balanced,  and  he  has  not  lived  in  vain. 
