ABSTRACT
Preventive was fortunate in its early protagonists in the nineteenth century. Of the three who were most influential in establishing its fortunes, Chadwick, I admit, had a pedestrian style, and his writing lost much effect through its diffuseness; but he more than compensated for his halting words by his terrific driving power. Farr and Simon both wrote effectively, oft-times eloquently. In Farr's writings there emerged an occasional fervour which compels one to regard him as a missionary as well as an educator; while Simon's writings, though not lacking in earnestness, and never in dignity, appealed especially to the intellect.
