An inaugural address, delivered at the opening of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital Museum, September 10, 1845 / [John Cross].

  • John Green Crosse
Date:
[1846?]
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Credit: An inaugural address, delivered at the opening of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital Museum, September 10, 1845 / [John Cross]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ It is there that we trace the elements of those noble faculties, which, if duly cultivated, secure at once our usefulness and our happiness—and it is there that we find the germs of those vulture passions, whose dominion is worse than Eastern bondage, and under whose relent¬ less tyranny, a man who is master of the world may be still a slave! In the conquest of these consists the highest dignity of our nature, and in the controul and subjugation of them our only solid peace !” And now, my Lord and Gentlemen, by your suffer¬ ance, and in compliance with the suggestion of the Museum Committee, I have executed, however imper¬ fectly, the arduous, yet not onerous task assigned me—- and it only remains that I express thanks for this patient hearing, which I ascribe to your high approval of the valuable measure which you have so handsomely sup¬ ported by your purse, your advocacy, and your presence on this occasion. Posterity will have to thank not only Mr. Dalrymple, as the originator of this undertaking, but all those who have in any way contributed to it—an undertaking so engrafted into my warmest feelings, that I will adhere to it fervently, as long as I shall continue capable of performing any active services within the walls of your renowned and incalculably valuable Insti¬ tution. I only claim leave to add, in reference to this Museum-—sit perpetuum—m&y it remain to benefit your children’s children, and their posterity, to many suc¬ ceeding generations! Bacon and Co. Mercury Office, Norwich.
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