THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
Vol.  93  March,  192 1  No.  3 
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AX  INSPIRATION. 
Not  the  least  fmportant  of  the  attributes  of  the  human  intellect 
implanted  by  the  Creator  is  inspiration.  This  is  a  dual  faculty  pos- 
sessing the  power  alike  of  receiving  and  of  imparting  elevating  in- 
fluences. Some  particular  occurrence  in  the  career  of  an  individual 
may  make  a  deep  and  lasting  impression  and  in  some  manner,  often 
unexplainable,  prove  to  be  the  inspiration  to  a  higher  ambition 
and  to  accomplishments  that  were  considered  as  beyond  his  ability. 
The  success  that  he  achieves  is  not  limited  to  himself,  but  becomes 
an  inspiration  to  others,  an  example  that  may  stimulate  many  to  a 
nobler  and  progressive  life-work. 
What  is  true  of  the  individual  applies  with  still  greater  force 
to  events  that  influence  the  developments  in  any  of  the  lines  of 
human  endeavor,  whether  these  be  in  the  political,  professional, 
industrial  or  social  arenas.  A  single  event  may  have  an  influence 
upon  the  future  development  of  an  entire  calling,  or  even  of  the 
nations  of  the  world,  that  cannot  be  foreseen. 
The  celebration  of  the  Founders'  Day  by  the  Philadelphia  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  and  Science  is  an  occurrence  of  more  than  passing 
interest.  The  lessons  and  the  inspiration  radiating  from  the  cere- 
monies associated  with  this  centennial,  like  unto  the  event  that  it 
commemorated,  must  have  a  permanent  influence  toward  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  profession  of  pharmacy. 
Upon  such  an  occasion  it  is  natural  for  the  participants  to 
reflect  and  bring  in  mental  review  the  occurrences  of  one  hundred 
years  ago  and  to  conceive  some  idea  of  the  motives  and  thoughts 
that  actuated  the  prime  movers  in  the  events  that  led  to  the  creation 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Apothecaries,  the  first  pharmaceutical 
