Memoir of Austin Flint, M.D., Ll.D. / by A. Jacobi.

  • Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919.
Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memoir of Austin Flint, M.D., Ll.D. / by A. Jacobi. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    wished to distinguish and honor the man who had served the profession half a century, to his credit and to the ad- vantage of his fellows. In regard to important moral and ethical cpiestions, it is of graver import to study a man’s own words than to listen to what others would wish us to believe ; and when that man is Austin hlint, that mode of inquiry is still more indicated. Not that the Code question is so grave as some would have it. Indeed, it has begun already to have a historical interest only. lint sonie time ago everybody tooK sides in regard to the Code question. So did you, so did I, so did Austin blint. but to belong to a party does not mean to be an offensive ]iartisan. And if ever a party man—so 1 believe—was impartial, that man was, or tried to be, Austin bhnt, whom we honor as much for his words as his actions. When a man works himself up into celebrity, his mem- ory must serve the surviving as did his life. His opin- ions ought to be learned from his own papers pub- lished in the Nnv York Journal.^ Read them as if he were still among you. He is among you. For those who have lived a life worth living do not die. 1 am willing to abide by the platform laid out in those essays. They contain the same thoughts expressed by your jire^d- ine officer in an address delivered from this place on Oc- tober I 1885. 'I'wo days afterward that address ap- peared in print. Two days after its publication 1 re- ceived from the great and good man who is now gone a letter which I shall be proud of preserving as a lepcy. 1 hold in iiiv hand this note of Austin Hint’s which be- gins with the words: “ 1 have read your address with pleasure”—and finishes with these: “ How beautiful, lovely, and salutary it is to promote peace, harmony, and brotherhood.” . n • o r On the evening of his inauguration as President of the Academy, in 1871, his predecessor, one of the most lUus- > April, 1883. Also in liis Presidential Address of 1S84.