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The General Assurance Advocate.
THE GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE .
30 TH JUNE , 1849 . INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES . THE Latin proverb " Stultus nisi quod ipse facit , nil rectam putat , " may be fairly applied to some indiscreet meddlar , who , in an article in
the " Post Magazine , " * has issued the following declaration : — " We presume that a prudent person will , in future , no more think of entrusting the interests of his family to an office that is not under the management of a Member of the Institute , than he would of entrusting their lives to a practitioner who was not a member of one of the Medical Colleges . " Verily , a fool ' s bolt is soon shot ! That there are many men of the
highest attainments , and of the strictest honour , among the Members of the Institute , we are ready to prove ; but the writer of this farrago has earned the cap and bells , and proved himself the exception to the rule . Let the Council look to him , for should he bite them , we should see the game of "folly run mad , " and the Institute become a mark of derision . The peroration of the lucubration from which we quote is coarse and
vulgar , enough to entitle the writer to a breech of the peace . The first annual meeting of the Institute was held on the 9 th Instant , at the Society ' s office ; and the day terminated with a dinner at the Castle , Richmond . It is hardly necessary to observe that both business and pleasure were conducted and enjoyed with equal propriety and delight .
" Is Your Life Insured ? "
" IS YOUR LIFE INSURED ? "
UNDER this quaint title a new periodical has been announced , intended to spread a knowledge of Assurance and to advocate its practice ; and the Assurance Companies have been solicited to take advantage of its columns as the means of bringing extensively before the public their various claims to attention and support . " Two of a trade , " says the old adage , " never agree , " and in this case the saw is applicable ; for the objects and views of the promoters of the new periodical have been
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The General Assurance Advocate.
THE GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE .
30 TH JUNE , 1849 . INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES . THE Latin proverb " Stultus nisi quod ipse facit , nil rectam putat , " may be fairly applied to some indiscreet meddlar , who , in an article in
the " Post Magazine , " * has issued the following declaration : — " We presume that a prudent person will , in future , no more think of entrusting the interests of his family to an office that is not under the management of a Member of the Institute , than he would of entrusting their lives to a practitioner who was not a member of one of the Medical Colleges . " Verily , a fool ' s bolt is soon shot ! That there are many men of the
highest attainments , and of the strictest honour , among the Members of the Institute , we are ready to prove ; but the writer of this farrago has earned the cap and bells , and proved himself the exception to the rule . Let the Council look to him , for should he bite them , we should see the game of "folly run mad , " and the Institute become a mark of derision . The peroration of the lucubration from which we quote is coarse and
vulgar , enough to entitle the writer to a breech of the peace . The first annual meeting of the Institute was held on the 9 th Instant , at the Society ' s office ; and the day terminated with a dinner at the Castle , Richmond . It is hardly necessary to observe that both business and pleasure were conducted and enjoyed with equal propriety and delight .
" Is Your Life Insured ? "
" IS YOUR LIFE INSURED ? "
UNDER this quaint title a new periodical has been announced , intended to spread a knowledge of Assurance and to advocate its practice ; and the Assurance Companies have been solicited to take advantage of its columns as the means of bringing extensively before the public their various claims to attention and support . " Two of a trade , " says the old adage , " never agree , " and in this case the saw is applicable ; for the objects and views of the promoters of the new periodical have been