206  Notes  on  the  New  Pharmacopoeia.  {AmMay?i906arm 
hama  said  of  him.  "  He  was  a  quiet,  honest  student,  but  would 
never  make  any  mark  /" 
This  is  the  man  who  has  astonished  the  world  with  his  achieve- 
ments in  naval  warfare.  To  what  does  he  owe  his  marvellous  suc- 
cess ?  To  his  perseverance  and  his  ample  preparation.  Togo  noticed 
that  men-of-war,  when  practicing,  did  their  work  in  smooth  water, 
at  an  average  range  of  2000  yards,  firing  at  stationary  targets. 
Somebody  conceived,  and  most  likely  it  was  Togo,  the  idea  of  prac- 
ticing in  rough  water,  to  hit  targets  also  in  rough  water.  This 
gives  the  actual  condition  of  naval  warfare.  The  Japanese  began 
practicing  at  long  range  distances  of  four  or  five  miles,  and  they 
attained  astounding  skill  in  hitting  comparatively  small  objects  at 
great  distances.  Their  ability  in  this  way  gave  them  a  victory  over 
the  Russians  who  had  twice  the  number  of  ships.  In  summing  up 
a  review  of  Togo's  life,  George  Kennan  lays  great  stress  upon  one 
thing  as  contributing  to  his  extraordinary  success,  and  that  is 
"thoroughness  in  preparation,"  and  it  is  this  which  I  commend  to 
you.  It  should  not  be  difficult  for  you,  gentlemen  of  the  Junior 
Class,  to  see  from  the  careers  of  President  Roosevelt  and  Admiral 
Togo  that  self-denying  and  persevering  application  is  all  that  you 
need  to  attain  success  as  students  in  pharmacy. 
Some  of  you  have  already  learned  something  of  natural  science — 
of  botany,  of  physics,  of  chemistry,  or  some  other  branch.  You 
surely  must  have  found  that  each  new  branch  of  science  brought 
you  some  new  pleasures.  Vast  are  the  possibilities  in  this  line. 
How  many  hidden  beauties  there  are  in  the  natural  world  that  are 
yet  to  be  revealed  to  you.  Dr.  Lyman  Abbott,  one  of  our  deepest 
thinkers,  says  "  every  new  epoch  in  a  man's  education  develops  into 
activity  a  before  dormant  faculty,  and  opens  for  him  a  before  closed 
world.  The  little  child  learns  to  read,  and  with  this  acquisition  he 
is  born  into  the  world  of  literature  of  which  before  he  could  know 
nothing.  He  studies  art  under  a  wise  teacher.  He  learns  to  see,  to 
understand,  and  to  appreciate  beauty,  and  he  is  born  into  the  world 
of  art.  He  never  was  before.  He  studies  music.  Before,  he  had, 
as  the  saying  is,  no  ear  for  music.  His  musical  ear  is  born.  He 
enters  into  still  another  world.  Each  new  step  in  his  development 
is  a  new  birth.  By  the  influence  of  music,  art,  and  literature,  he  is 
lifted  up  into  the  world  which  they  occupy." 
We  shall  hope  to  help  you  to  see  a  little  more  clearly  into  the 
