The past, present, and future of the School for advanced medical studies of University College, London : being the introductory address at the opening of the winter session, October, 1906 / by Rickman John Godlee.

  • Rickman Godlee
Date:
1907
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Credit: The past, present, and future of the School for advanced medical studies of University College, London : being the introductory address at the opening of the winter session, October, 1906 / by Rickman John Godlee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    know so well. If it be thought necessary to introduce the serpent in honour of CEsculapius, the sea-serpent is always with us ; it is a suggestive^object for research, and it would eminently adorn the foreground, and as for the motto, if it is not too forward of me, I should like to suggest a Greek one. It will remind us that we are an offshoot of this erudite college ; I think it fits the occasion and illuminates the idea. It is this : M TravadaOw 6 fyrcbv. Let not the seeker relinquish his search. It has another incidental advantage, for it is taken from the recently discovered Logia, and should thus remind us that in spite of our pronounced secular descent it behoves us always to keep a liberal, a respectful, and an open mind.* * Xeyec ’17](Tov<;’ p,r) iravardaOco 6 ^qrcov.e&)? av evpi) /cal orav evprj Oapc^OrjcreTai /cai 0ap,/3rj0el<i fiacnXevcret /cal ftaaikevaas dvaird^aejai. “ Jesus saith: Let not him who seeks.cease until he finds, and when he finds he shall be astonished, and astonished he shall reach the Kingdom, and having reached the Kingdom he shall rest.” Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part IV., Egypt. Explor. Fund, 1904. Translation by Editors Grenfell and Hunt. Also published separately in the Logia of Jesus, second series.