Excerpt from An Eulogium in Memory of the Late Dr. Benjamin Rush, Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Medicine and of Clinical Practice in the University of Pennsylvania: Delivered and Published at the Request of the Graduates and Students of Medicine in Said University, in the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, on Thursday, the 8th of July, 1813 The tumult of political life ill agrees with the silent pursuits of science. But Dr. Rush was a patriot, a decided Whig. When he saw the interests of his he loved country endangered, he sprung into the lines of the foremost to assert her rights. His early exertions, his bold conceptions, the nervous effusions of his pen, and the mild intelligence of his counsels assisted in lifting the colonies of America into free and indepen dent states. He sat in congress in the year 1776, and has enrolled his name on the sacred charter of Ameri can liberty. He was elected member of the state con vention for the adoption of the federal constitution. Under his parent state he never held any office; and under the general government was only treasurerpf the mint. The cause of freedom, and the universal happiness of man, were dear to his inmost heart. He exulted for joy as he beheld their approach, as exults the Siberian on his loftiest mountain when after months of darkness he first views the returning sun. America shared his best affections, but he felt himself like Cato born for the human race. 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.