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In a narrative of past events, those of the future appear pre- 
figured. The same succession will take place. If therefore, the 
pharmaceutist be influenced by a desire to assume an active part 
in promoting the farther progress of his profession, he will 
allow no occasion to escape improvement; he will ever be 
upon the alert to seize the opportunities that may occur; nay, 
further, he will solicitously seek them; and the individuals 
to whom Pharmacy is most indebted, have manifested unfail- 
ing readiness in so doing. But I need not dwell longer upon 
such considerations; those which have been brought before 
you are too plain to be misunderstood; they cannot be other- 
wise than admitted. Let them, then, be treasured in your 
memory; accustom yourselves to apply them as a profitable 
lesson for your guidance. 
In addition to personal inducements, and the debt due 
to science, there remains a purpose, to be accomplished by 
cultivating your profession, which is paramount to all others, 
and which should never be lost sight of; I allude to its 
elevation and maintainance at home, upon an equality 
with the highest standard of proficiency to be found else- 
where. In this resides a legitimate source of emulation, 
and with this end in view, even rivalry may be permit- 
ted, as universal benefit alone can flow from it. To such 
a cause may be attributed, in part, the extraordinary advances 
made by Pharmacy since the commencement of the present 
century; and we may judge, how active must have been the 
feeling, when between nations, foreign to each other, the 
echo of one reported discovery or improvement, was but the 
announcement of another. The pharmaceutists of France, of 
Germany, of England, seem especially to have been ambi- 
tious of the award of precedence, and by entering the arena of 
this praiseworthy competition, have exalted the professional 
reputation of their respective countries, at the same time, that 
by their united labors, they have bestowed innumerable 
blessings upon the world at large; among their number could 
be cited individuals, affording the noblest models for imitation, 
on whom the warmest expressions of eulogy might de- 
