Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  \  F/iiforinJ  t  ^ 
February,  1 918.    -»  Iiaiwriai.  IIQ 
EDITORIAL. 
A  Great  Leader  has  Passed  Away. 
In  any  calling  comparatively  few  men  reach  the  exalted  position 
of  national  leadership.  When  such,  however,  has  been  attained,  no 
matter  what  the  sphere  of  activity,  the  world  is  ready  to  recognize 
superiority  and  to  pay  homage.  True  leadership  carries  with  it 
great  responsibility  and  the  opportunity  to  accomplish  some  things 
noteworthy  in  the  line  of  the  leader's  achievements  and  to  add  to 
the  welfare  and  progress  of  the  world. 
America  with  its  great  natural  resources,  as  yet,  but  incidentally 
developed,  has  been  called  the  country  of  golden  opportunities  and 
offers  in  numerous  avenues  unequalled  possibilities  for  achieve- 
ments. Coupled  with  these  possibilities  there  has  been  the  pioneer 
spirit  of  "do  and  dare"  unbridled  by  the  conventional  lines  of  caste 
and  prestige  that  have  been  so  prominent  in  the  European  nations. 
Consequently,  we  have  had  in  this  country  many  notable  examples 
of  success,  evidenced  by  rapid  accumulation  of  wealth  or  the 
achievement  of  influence,  which  we  designate  as  leadership.  Amer- 
ica has  developed  her  great  men  under  different  conditions  and 
training  than  has  held  in  any  other  country.  Nevertheless,  in  every 
line  of  human  activity  our  nation  has  developed  some  truly  great 
men.  Our  statesmen,  our  military  and  naval  commanders,  our 
scholars,  authors,  and  teachers,  our  physicians,  surgeons,  lawyers, 
and  preachers,  our  scientists,  inventors  and  discoverers,  our  artists, 
our  actors,  our  captains  of  agriculture,  industry  or  trade  have  all 
taken  their  places  in  the  forerank  with  the  leaders  of  other  nations 
and  by  their  work  have  added  not  only  glory  and  renown  to  the 
United  States,  but  have  materially  increased  the  sum  of  human 
knowledge  and  achievements  and  stimulated  world  progress. 
American  pharmacy,  although  associated  with  peculiar  surround- 
ings and  conditions  of  medical  practice  that  at  times  appeared  to 
be  hampering  scientific  progress,  has,  nevertheless,  made  noteworthy 
advances  and  is  to-day  holding  up  its  end  with  the  other  branches 
of  the  medical  profession.  There  has  been  developed  a  corps  of 
pharmaceutical  leaders  whose  professional  labors  and  standing  are 
universally  acknowledged. 
In  the  recent  years,  death  has  exacted  an  unusually  heavy  toll 
from  among  the  leaders  of  pharmacy.   No  profession  can  well  with- 
