WILLIAM BABINGTON, M.D. F.R.S. / FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, / BORN MAY 21ST.1756, DIED APRIL 29TH.1833. / EMINENTLY DISTINGUISHED FOR SCIENCE; / BELOVED FOR THE SIMPLICITY OF HIS MANNERS, AND THE BENEVOLENCE OF HIS HEART, / RESPECTED FOR HIS INFLEXIBLE INTEGRITY, AND HIS PURE AND UNAFFECTED PIETY. / IN ALL THE RELATIONS OF HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE / HE WAS SAGACIOUS, CANDID, DILIGENT, AND HUMANE. / FIRM IN PURPOSE, GENTLE IN EXECUTION; / JUSTLY CONFIDENT IN HIS OWN JUDGEMENT, / YET GENEROUSLY OPEN TO THE OPINION OF OTHERS; / LIBERAL AND INDULGENT TO HIS BRETHREN / BUT EVER MINDFUL OF HIS DUTY TO THE PUBLIC. / TO RECORD THEIR ADMIRATION OF / SO RARE A UNION OF INTELLECTUAL EXCELLENCE AND MORAL WORTH, / AND TO EXTEND TO FUTURE GENERATIONS / THE SALUTARY INFLUENCE WHICH HIS LIVING EXAMPLE CAN NO LONGER DIFFUSE, / THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED / BY THE PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES, / A.D.1837.
