Transactions of the Medical Society of King's College, London.

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    and stopped a gap for them, and especially the pleasure I feel at finding myself once more surrounded by the persons and associations, many relations with whom constituted the hap¬ piness of five of the pleasantest years of my life, will not let me have the face to ask you for your sympathy. When I see myself surrounded by those who were my superiors and teachers once, and always my friends,—your excellent Prin¬ cipal who has never, for twelve years past, to my knowledge, failed to give his presence and countenance to the inaugural meetings of this society, who has so long been the “ dulce decus,” as well as the <(presidium ” of this college, whose name will always be associated with its prosperity, and who so well knows how to combine those two characters so difficult of combination, but so essential to his onerous and responsible position—the authoritive head of this great institution, and the considerate friend of every student. When I see around me those who were my first teachers in medical knowledge, and from whose experience and wisdom I received lessons of which I shall never cease to feel the value—when I see around me those who were my fellow-students, and who are now, like myself, teachers of the sciences we once learnt side by side—when I see around me those who sit where I once sat, and who now are what I once was—what 1 once was to my great and lasting advantage—medical students of King’s College—how can I be otherwise than moved by feelings the most pleasurable ? I remember once, on an occasion identical with the pre¬ sent—the inaugural meeting, namely, of this Society—that the president of the year, one of the most distinguished and witty of your staff of teachers,* taunted another,! who had * Professor Partridge. f Mr. Simon.
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