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Part of In Memoriam - Rachel Lloyd, Ph.D.

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and Social side of the city of Lincoln.
Coming here soon after the completion of
the new chemical laboratory, she threw
herself into the work of building up the
department with much enthusiasm. Pro-
fessor Nicholson, the head of the de-
partment, felt that her assistance was
invaluable.

Mrs. Lloyd’s health broke down,
throngh overwork, about six years ago.
She was first stricken with a slight attack
of paralysis while visiting the Black Hills.
Later her condition became more serious,
and she was obliged to resign her chair in
the Uniyersity and devote all of her at-
tention to her health. All of her con:
temporaries in the University will hear
of her death with sincere regret.

Surely such a life is an incentive to earnest ef-
fort and encourages the cultivation of an indomitable
will, that may enable us to overcome every obstacle
which may lie in our path to success ; but we may
also learn an important lesson from the breakdown of
health from overstrain, in middle life, and that is,
moderation in all things.

It is possible to be intemperate from overzeal
even in a good cause, and it is not wise to overtax our
strength of either body or mind, no matter how high
our ambition, nor how exalted our intentions, for
nature is inexorable, and will allow of no excuse for

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