Excerpt from Introductory Address Delivered Before the Class of the Medical Society of Ohio, October 6, 1868 And now does any one tell me, you have sadly darkened my ideal of professional life, and crushed the hopes that were throbbing in my bosom. If so, it was to have him turn unto a higher and purer ideal which no earth-clouds can permanently obscure, and to seek a faithful hope which shall be an anchor to the soul, holding it fixed and firm amidst all the drifting tides of adversity and disappointment, and unmoved by all the rude storms of fate. It is my desire to show that Medical Study and Practice meet the highest pur pose of earthly existence. How can I live a true and noble life? What is that design These are questions that every thought ful mind asks itself. The final end of man's exist ence is the glory of God. But, as observed by Sir William Hamilton in his argument for the study of mental philosophy, it is manifest, indeed, that man, in so far as he is a mean for the glory of God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.