Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 15 dark children, attracted by him as Canadian, American and English children were, laughing at and with him although they did not understand a Word he said. The dullest and stupidest of us were kindled a little by his fire. -L.w.B. CThere has been a wide demand for copies of this addressg it has been printed in pamphlet form and copies may be had on application to the Secretaryj i N T '

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14 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD blessings of Him in whose footsteps you have trodden. unto whose sick you have ministered, and for whose chil- dren you have caredf' That surely is his passport to our hearts and to Heaven. Such was your schoolfellow, William Osler. I hope that he will always be visited by your proud thoughts and that you will cherish the immortal memory of what he was, even though his works may be forgotten- He does not die who can bequeath Some influence to the land he knowsg Who dares persistent interwreath Love permanent with the Wild hedgerows. He does not die, but still remains Substantiate, with his darling plains. May the boy who has gone, continue to hallow with his living presence the precincts of this School. May his memory bless forever this land which he loved dearly and served so nobly. iThis address and some of the service was broadcast on the Trans Canada and International networks of the C.B.C.l Post Script After the ceremony at the School I received a letter from Mrs. A. M. Matthews of Toronto. The life of Sir William touched hers at many times and places. I would like to record some of her memorable words. To know him was to love him, but I sometimes think that those who did not know him must believe that his friends exaggerate his fascination and his loving kindness. He never turned his face from any poor man and he did not ask if a poor man or woman was 'deservingi I remember at sea once we had a very poor steward and Dr. Osler gave him a huge tip as he was afraid no one else would give him anything. I was in Egypt with him once and wherever he went he was followed by crowds of little

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