Excerpt from The Plans and Purposes of the Johns Hopkins Hospital: An Address Delivered at the Opening of the Hospital, May 7, 1889 To compare favorably with, what does that mean? It is a peculiar phrase, which, coming from a shrewd business man and a member of the Society of Friends, signifies, I think, to excel, if possible; at all events that is the safest interpretation. And it was not this or that hospital which was to be surpassed or equalled, but all other hospitals in this country or in Europe; Africa, Asia and Australasia being put out of the question. It was a large contract. 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.