University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School - Mirror Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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tion. The one absorbing passion which distinctively marked his life was that of love. The love of living and for the living. Love of nature, animate and inanimate in all her moods, in every clime. The ocean, the rivers, the rocks, the birds, the trees, the flowers, the sky and mountains — oh ! how he loved the mountains. They were his friends, his physicians, his materia medica, for they had often by their loving ministrations won back to health and vigor the tired, depleted body. On several occasions have I accompanied him on his mountain rambles, climbing with him the highest peaks, thousands of feet above the sea level, and as we gazed upon the glorious views disclosed to us, hear him sing his praises to Nature ' s God and instill into mv mind and heart the treasures of knowledge and perception with which inheritance and inclination had enriched him. Truly he was Nature ' s child, loving and beloved. To declare that a life so replete with lofty ideals and worthy acts has been in vain would be an insult to the omniscient Maker. It is true he did not revolutionize chemical theory or practice, but by the simplicity of his method of teaching the rough and tortuous road- of acquisition of chemical knowl- 11

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upon him and died, does not describe sufficiently nor correctly a life like his. The main factors of life, those human attributes which count the most to those with whom we come in contact, the character, the personality, the sturdy virtues are not even implied. It was in the possession of these that Dr. Simon transcended. Notwithstanding his profound scientific acumen, for he had imbibed deeply but rationally at the fount of knowledge, yet the thousands who knew him, which was synomimous to loving him, remember and revere him primarily as a man, and not as a scientist. In him was personified many virtues, with honesty of purpose and integrity ap- parent in every endeavor. He lived in truth and abominated both the spoken lie and hypocrisy. He was characterized by his zeal, his youthful enthusiasm, his untiring industry, his ever ready helpfulness to those seeking aid, his charity, his gracious manner, his thoughtfulness and unselfishness. To those who were so fortunate as to know his home life, the love and care that he bestowed upon his faithful life ' s partner, in sickness and in health, were an inspira- 10

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edge was made smooth and straight, and by the beauty and force of his personality lasting impressions for good have been made upon all within whose sphere of life he had entered. We, who have profited by intercourse with him, thank God for that privilege, and will ever be mindful of the noble example he set us. We live in deeds, not years, In thoughts, not in figures on a dial, We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives, who thinks most, Feels the noblest and acts the best. Life ' s race well run. Life ' s work well done, Life ' s crown well won, Now comes rest. E WARD HoFFMEISTER. 12