Sir James Y Simpson / by Eve Blantyre Simpson.

  • Simpson, Eve Blantyre (Evelyn Blantyre), 1856-1920.
Date:
[1896?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sir James Y Simpson / by Eve Blantyre Simpson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER X MORE WORK—THE PRINCIPALSHIP FAILING. ‘ New occasions teach new duties, Time makes ancient uncouth, They must upward still and onward, Who would keep abreast of truth.’ —Russell Lowell. Keeping up a warfare on behalf of Acupressure em- ployed him during the first half of the sixties, but, as usual, he had many other irons in the fire, which, by his persistent thrift of time, he was able to heat red hot. Archaeology was his holiday task. Fife caves, cup- marked stones, and ancient sculptures, a discussion over the Pyramids,—all had his attention. He rode other hobbies as well as his antiquarian ones. He was full of schemes for the comfort and befriending of the students of his Alma Mater, whose loneliness in the grey stony centre of Modern Athens he knew so well. He originated the idea and helped to start a restaurant for students within the walls of the University. Once, when a ball was arranged to welcome home one of his elder boys, he invited his class, on the day of the dance, to the festivity. His invitation was received with cordial cheers. His home circle, with an irate