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:!Dr. J. Illn. 1f)ering. 'Tis not ill mortals to command success; But we'll do more, Seurpronius : we'll deserve it." T HESE words, which Addison in his" famous as a con- Cato" puts in mouth of Portius, have the become solation for failure. But if to deserve is better than to command success, to do both marks the height of human achievement and happiness. Among the few l11e11 who have reached and maintained this fortunate elevation is the sub- ject of OUI" sketch. Dr. Hering's career has been one of un- broken personal success, and 110 enterprise to which he has lent: a hand has ever been marred by failure, and in ever)' case the success has been honorably earned by intellectual ability, high character and pure motives. Joshua Webster Hering was born in Frederick county, Mel., March 8, 1833. After laying a good foundation in the English branches in the best sc11001s of the neighborhood and serving a business apprenticeship in a country store, he came to westminster at the aRe of 18 and continued his training in the house ofjacob Reese & Sons, then the largest mercantile establishment of the town. In 1853 he began his preparation 1'01' tile profession he had long had in view by reading in the office of Dr. \Vil1i[l111 A. Mathias. a lead- ing local physician, and in 1855 he graduated as Doctor of Medicine from the University of Maryland. -1- 9 -[-