Excerpt from The Eclectic Medical Journal, 1857, Vol. 16 I hold it to be a correct position, that he who accepts a chair in an educational estab lishment, whether it be University or 001 lege, Academy or Seminary, with no other object than to accumulate money, is always unworthy, and very often a mere superficial pretender, whose scientific ac quirements may be measured by the stand ard tests of the dollar. How often do we find young and inexperienced men, who have had but little time for study, less time for travel, and often no ability to oh serve, with no practical knowledge, and defective general information, assuming to teach men of great practical experience, who have had superior opportunities for observation, and who, under the rigid tests of examination, would range higher as men of science than those whose lectures they are called on to attend. I am aware that age does not always give experience. I am also aware that very young men, comparatively, make good teachers. In all such instances, however, it will be found that they are men of superior mental os pacity, of great powers of observation, of extensive research, who have enjoyed supe rior advantages Such men bear examina tion, and compare favorably with any other class of teachers. 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.