Excerpt from The Hunterian Oration: Delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons, 1913 Look at the picture I have gazed at it, in season and out of season, for half a lifetime, trying to guess what was the thought that calmed and possessed his restless mind. And now, at last, I seem to know. For one thought occurs again and again in all his writings, and speaks to-day from his museum to him who grasps the idea of its arrangement. Weat is Life That mystery which baffled the intellect of the ancients, and which still, pace Professor Schafer, is awaiting solution. 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.