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cult  or  knotty  problem  in  an  assay  process,  or  something  con- 
nected with  the  Pharmacopoeia  that  required  great  research.  He 
would  spare  no  labor,  no  pains  to  get  it  exactly  right,  and  if  one 
went  to  him  for  information,  even  a  stranger,  someone  who  had 
never  seen  Charles  Rice,  and  whom  he  had  never  seen,  and  probably 
never  would  see  again,  he  would  sit  down  and  write  a  long  letter 
and  explain  to  him  the  difficulty  and  make  it  as  clear  as  noon-day. 
When  we  study  his  life  we  see  how  honest  he  was,  how  he  hated 
sham,  how  he  loved  truth  and  loved  truth  for  truth's  sake.  I  can 
say,  Mr.  President,  that  Charles  Rice  laid  down  his  life,  he  was  a 
sacrifice  to  the  altar  of  truth  and  honest  conviction.  Mr.  Chairman, 
I  know  whereof  I  speak.  I  wish  it  were  possible  to  record  in  this 
memorial  volume  the  mass  of  material  which  we  have  secured.  I 
wish  it  were  possible  to  extend  all  over  the  country  the  knowledge 
of  this  man's  life.  We  are  going  to  do  it;  we  are  going  to  issue,  I 
may  say,  Mr.  President,  for  information,  we  are  going  to  issue  to  his 
immediate  friends  and  the  subscribers  to  the  fund  a  handsomely 
bound  memorial  volume,  and  then  we  are  going  to  get  out  a  popu- 
lar edition  of  the  work,  and  place  it  in  all  of  the  colleges  of  phar- 
macy and  medicine  in  the  United  States  (and  I  do  not  think  it  will 
be  difficult  to  do  so).  I  think  they  will  be  delighted  to  get  this 
popular  edition,  so  that  we  can  have  every  student  in  every  college 
of  pharmacy  in  the  United  States  put  in  possession  of  a  copy  of  the 
life  of  this  noble  man.  I  am  sure  you  will  approve  of  that ;  I  am 
sure  there  is  not  a  friend  of  Charles  Rice  who  would  not  love  to  see 
the  record  of  his  work,  his  self-sacrifice,  his  unselfishness.  The 
whole  man  was  permeated ;  it  was  a  part  of  him,  a  part  of  his 
nature  ;  he  could  not  help  it.  If  you  went  to  him  to  get  informa- 
tion, he  was  eager  to  tell  you.  Students  could  go  to  him  at  any 
time  and  get  information.  He  knew  nothing  that  he  was  not  will- 
ing to  tell  to  anyone,  if  it  was  upon  pharmacy.  The  influence  of 
such  a  man  is  something  stupendous.  We  want  to  perpetuate,  Mr. 
President,  his  name  and  work  here  to-night ;  we  want  to  perpetuate 
the  memory  of  such  a  man  as  this.  When  I  come  on  here  to  New 
York,  I  never  come  through  the  city  that  I  do  not  think  of  my 
dear  friend.  I  never  could  come  into  this  College  of  Pharmacy 
without  feeling  almost  as  if  he  were  here.  I  know  many  of  you  feel 
in  the  same  way.  His  spirit  is  here.  I  believe  the  memory  of  his 
life  and  the  record  of  his  life  will  be  with  you,  fellow  members  of 
