248  Philadelphia  Colic i^c  of  Pharmacy.     { ^^Mar'iiii*'""' 
and  generous  impulses  which  have  always  distinguished  him.  1 
have  at  home  a  bank  check  drawn  by  his  father — one  of  the  finest 
men  I  ever  met — to  my  father,  sixty-five  years  ago.  Our  parents 
respected  and  trusted  each  other.  I  respect  and  love  your  Presi- 
dent and  am  proud  to  tender  this  tribute  to  his  worth  and  give  this 
public  recognition  of  what  he  has  done  for  this  city. 
remarks  by  hon.  isaac  johnson,  state  board  of  charities  of 
pennsylvania. 
Mr.  Toastmaster  and  Friends  of  Howard  B.  French  : 
Surely  no  request  from  Mr.  French  to  myself  to  say  a  word  on 
an  occasion  like  this  could  be  denied,  even  though  I  only  expressed 
my  honor  of  being  called  upon.  I  thank  you  for  the  compliment 
you  have  paid  this  man  here  to-night.  I  have  known  Mr.  French 
a  number  of  years  in  connection  with  the  State  Board  of  Public 
Charities.  What  you  have  said  about  him  to-night  as  he  is 
known  in  the  ordinary  walks  and  avenues  of  life  meets  a  warm 
response  in  the  heart  of  every  man  who  has  met  him  in  this  great 
work.  We  do  not  meet  often  enough  to  speak  to  each  other,  during 
our  lives,  of  the  work  in  which  we  are  engaged ;  as  a  rule  we  wait 
until  our  co-workers  are  dead,  and  then  we  build  monuments  to 
their  memory  when  these  cannot  do  them  any  good. 
It  was  a  great  pleasure  for  me  to  come  to-night  to  this  dinner, 
to  be  present  at  the  presentation  of  this  portrait  to  the  School 
of  Pharmacy  and  to  hear  the  kind  words  spoken  of  this  man 
and  to  himi  when  he  can  hear  them  and  appreciate  them.  It  is 
a  very  great  pleasure  to  be  told  by  those  who  have  known  him 
longest  and  best  that,  as  he  has  travelled  upon  this  stream  of 
life  until  now  getting  into  the  way  of  being  called  an  old  man, 
he  has  never  thrown  any  mud,  was  never  indiscreet  and  that 
he  has  lived  in  a  city  that  is  cleaner  and  better  for  his  living  in 
it.  What  compliment  can  be  paid  a  man  equal  to  this?  The 
distinguished  educator  who  spoke  here  to-night  pictured  tO'  us 
the  wealthy  and  the  educated ;  and  he  has  told  us  that  it  is  not 
wealth  or  education  that  makes  men  great.  No ;  it  is  a  man  who 
picks  a  fellow  up  from  the  roadside  and  helps  him  over  the  rough 
places  of  life ;  it  is  a  man  who  goes  through  life,  strewing  it  with 
blessings — he  is  the  great  man.  And  onl/  he  will  history  perpetuate 
the  memory  of, 
