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addressing  us  himself.  He  wishes  to  explain  in  presenting  it  that 
war  conditions  have  prevented  its  earlier  execution  and  presenta- 
tion." 
Dr.  Power  acknowledged  the  medal  as  follows : 
"Dr.  Walcott,  I  feel  it  to  be  a  great  honor  to  receive  at  your 
hands  the  beautiful  medal  which  my  friend,  Mr.  Wellcome,  has  so 
kindly  and  generously  bestowed  upon  me,  and  I  deeply  appreciate 
the  sentiments  you  have  so  eloquently  expressed  concerning  my  work. 
I  can  assure  you  Dr.  Walcott  and  Mr.  Wellcome,  that  this  memento 
will  always  be  regarded  by  me  as  one  of  my  most  precious  posses- 
sions. It  is  difficult  and  well-nigh  impossible  on  an  occasion  such  as 
this  to  adequately  express  in  spoken  words  the  thoughts  that  are  up- 
permost in  my  mind,  for  there  are  many  happy  recollections  when  a 
friendship  formed  in  boyhood  has  continued  uninterruptedly  during 
a  period  nearly  half  a  century.  I  cannot  but  be  reminded  that  it  is 
just  twenty-five  years  ago  this  month  when  I  left  America  for  Lon- 
don to  undertake  the  organization  of  the  Chemical  Research  Labora- 
tories which  Mr.  Wellcome  desired  to  establish,  and  that  the  first 
public  announcement  of  his  purpose  was  made  on  the  evening  of 
July  21,  1896,  in  a  beautiful  salon  of  the  great  metropolis,  where, 
by  the  invitation  of  Mr.  Wellcome,  a  number  of  the  most  distin- 
guished scientific  men  of  England  were  assembled,  whom  it  was  my 
privilege  to  meet.  One  of  the  guests  on  that  occasion  was  the  late 
lamented  Lord  Moulton,  whose  brilliant  legal  career  and  service  to 
science,  especially  during  the  strenuous  years  of  the  war,  have  won 
for  him  an  enduring  fame.  The  work  that  was  so  auspiciously  in- 
augurated on  that  July  evening  it  was  my  privilege  to  conduct  for  a 
period  of  eighteen  arid  one-half  years,  and,  although  years  of  hard 
and  earnest  toil,  they  were  replete  with  many  happy  associations,  and 
I  trust  not  without  some  benefit  to  the  science  that  it  was  my  en- 
deavor to  serve. 
"There  is  one  dominating  thought  that  I  should  like  particularly 
to  convey  to  my  friend,  Mr.  Wellcome,  and  that  is  embodied  in  an 
expression  of  gratitude.  I  am  grateful  for  the  encouragement  and 
inspiration  received  from  him  on  our  journey  through  life,  for  we 
have  traveled  long  and  far  together,  but  above  and  beyond  all  I  am 
grateful  for  having  possessed  through  so  many  years  so  kind,  gen- 
erous and  true  a  friend.  For  this  latest  expression  of  your  kind- 
ness, Mr.  Wellcome,  I  beg  you  to  accept  my  warmest  thanks,  and  I 
desire  also  to  extend  my  hearty  thanks  to  Dr.  Walcott  for  having 
so  happily  conveyed  to  me  your  beautiful  gift." 
Dr.  Walcott  then  adjounrned  the  formal  meeting  after  inviting 
all  those  present  to  meet  Dr.  Power  and  to  add  a  word  of  personal 
