Ferdinand von Mueller

Melbourne, 24 June 1893.

Adolph W. Miller Esq. M.D. &c &c

Corresponding Secretary of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.

Honored Sir.

It is to me a most pleasurable surprise, to learn from your communication of the 29 April,

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Letter not found, but see Philadelphia College of Pharmacy to M, 27 March 1893.

that the celebrated Philadelphia-College of Pharmacy has conferred on me the high distinction of one of its honorary memberships. I recognize this mark of generous attentiveness all the more, as I have so little claim to the kindness, thus shown me in a very distant land. The election into your Institution is to me particularly significant, as it is one of the eldest in the western hemisphere, indeed arisen before I saw the light of the world, though I have grown grey already. Let me now ask while conveying my best thanks to the distinguished President and Councillors of your Institute, in what manner I can best serve the interests of your great Union, which advances the status of a very important Profession constantly, and which promotes likewise so very much the progress of those sciences on which that Profession so largely rests. It will be especially gratifying to me, if I can have the privilege of aiding the efforts for extension of applied knowledge, so splendidly made by your Institute.