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 benefiictor to this Colloi^o, and in respect of his work on tlie subject of Ixickets, still known as the English disease, a benefactor to his countrj-men.

We may no{ omit to recall to memory the benefac- tions of the Mak^iess of Dorchester. A dihgent and widely read student in the learning of his day, he was urged by Harvey and others to join this College in 1G5G. Two years later, he was admitted to the Fellowship. Sympathising with the College m the loss of its library, and to show his respect for the Profession, he bequeathed a collection of books of the value of four thousand pounds, and contributed one hundred pounds towards the library. What a splendid example was this, and how little has it been followed in the last two centuries !

It is a fact to note here and now, for while we have had in recent times some noble mstances of beneficence for the institution of lectureships and prizes, we have had hardly any gifts or bequests in the form of en- dowments for the College itself, endowments which I, as your Treasurer, can well certify are, more than is commonly believed, necessary to enable us to maintain our position, our fabric, and our library. Those of us who are engaged in teaching in this metropolis have to acknowledge that in these days the vital interests of higher leaniing make little appeal to the sentiments

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