The gold-headed cane . ample converse with one of the most won-derful works of the Creator—the formation ofman, inspired in him an admiration of the Su-preme Being which nothing could had, indeed, looked through Nature up toNatures God; and the promises of the gos-pel, on the conditions explained by our Re-deemer, were his humble but confident hopein life, and his consolation in death. If one precept appeared to be more prac-tically approved by him than another, it wasthat which directs us to do unto others as wewould have them do unto us; and this was feltand acknowledged dai
The gold-headed cane . ample converse with one of the most won-derful works of the Creator—the formation ofman, inspired in him an admiration of the Su-preme Being which nothing could had, indeed, looked through Nature up toNatures God; and the promises of the gos-pel, on the conditions explained by our Re-deemer, were his humble but confident hopein life, and his consolation in death. If one precept appeared to be more prac-tically approved by him than another, it wasthat which directs us to do unto others as wewould have them do unto us; and this was feltand acknowledged daily by all his professionalbrethren in their intercourse with him. On the whole, we may say of him, whatTacitus does of Agricola—Bonum virum fa-cile crederes; magnum libenter. The sentiments of the College itself towardsDr. Baillie may be collected from the follow-ing tribute to his memory, which was orderedto be inserted in their Annals on the 30thSeptember, 1823. That our posterity may know the extent 252 of its obligation to the benefactor whose deathwe all deplore, be it recorded, that Dr. Bailliegave the whole of his most valuable collectionof anatomical preparations to the College, andsix hundred pounds for the preservation ofthe same; and this, too, after the example ofthe illustrious Harvey, in his lifetime. His * Portico of the College of Physicians, Pali-Mall East. BAILLIE. 253 contemporaries need not an enumeration ofhis many virtues to account for their respectfulattachment to him whilst he lived, or to justifythe profound grief which they feel at his to the rising generation of physicians, itmay be useful to hold up for an example hisremarkable simplicity of heart, his strict andclear integrity, his generosity, and that re-ligious principle by which his conduct seemedalways to be governed, as well calculated tosecure to them the respect and good-will oftheir colleagues and the profession at large,and the high estimation and confidence of thep
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