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present who has had the same opportunity of knowing the deceased that
I have had. My long acquaintance with Dr. Harris, in the societies to
which we belonged, and my more intimate acquaintance with him in the
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, while I held the office of Provost
in that institution, enable me to say, with truth, that I have never known
a man of more generous impulses, or more genial feelings, than he whose
death has awakened our sympathies, and brought so many of his professional brethren together to express their high respect for his professional
character, their admiration of his attainments, and their esteem for his
moral, social, and personal worth.
As one to whom he was long known and endeared by the many virtues
that adorned his character, I trust it will not be deemed unbecoming in
me to give this testimony concerning one who has labored more arduously
as a practitioner, more untiringly as a writer, and more devotedly as a
teacher of the principles and practice of dental surgery than any person
who had, in any way, or in any country, ever been connected with our
professional art.
In his domestic relations, Dr. Harris was exceedingly happy. His
home was one of the most hospitable and delightful that I have ever
known. His house and his heart were always open to all those who
approached him with the remotest claim upon his benevolence and bounty,
with a widely-extended philanthropy.
The following PREAMBLE and RESOLUTIONS, reported by a committee of
three, appointed for that purpose, viz., Drs. S. Brown, J. G. Ambler, and
J. H. Foster, after discussion and amendment, were adopted:Every distinct profession in human society has its leading membersmen of energy, talent, and eminence. This is as true of the dental profession as of any other, and not less true in America than in other quarters of the globe. The names of Greenwood, Wooffendale, Gardette,
Hayden, Flagg, Hudson, Kcecker, and Randall, among others that have
left their sublunary labors, are evidences of this fact.
It has become our melancholy duty, in pursuance of the objects of this
meeting, to add another name to this catalogue, more highly distinguished
than any of his predecessors for numerous and valuable contributions to
the science and literature of his profession, as well by his writings as by
personal inculcations as the head of the oldest, and, for many years, the
only dental college in the world.
CHAPIN A. HARRIS has gone to his rest. On Sunday, the last day of
last month, he fell asleep to awake in an endless Sabbath. His family,
his profession, and his country are left to mourn his loss.
We, therefore, offer to this meeting, composed of some of his professional brethren, the following resolutions:1. Resolved, That in the death of DR. C. A. HARRIS, removed from
his earthly labors in the prime of manhood, from his family in the fervor
of affection, and from his country in the ardor of his usefulness, we recognize a sad bereavement, which the members of the dental profession, in
all civilized lands, have just occasion to deplore.