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bridge address would naturally have been the chancellor of the Uni- 

 versity of Cambridge, the Duke of Devonshire, but owing to the polit- 

 ical changes of the last eighteen 

 months the duke and the premier 

 could not very comfortably meet 

 on the same platform. The vote 

 was therefore moved by the vice 

 chancellor and seconded by the lord 

 mayor of Cambridge. In his reply 

 Mr. Balfour acquitted himself ad- 

 mirably, showing not only the 

 ability of a polished speaker, but 

 acknowledging the praise of his 

 address in modest and fitting 

 words. 



On the following morning vis- 

 itors in section A (which in the 

 British Association includes both 

 mathematics and physics) had the 

 pleasure of hearing Mr. Balfour in 

 the opposite role, as the mover of 

 a vote of thanks to Professor Lamb after the delivery of his address as 

 president of the section; a part 

 which the prime minister filled 

 with equal grace and skill and with 

 as much seriousness as can be made 

 out of such a naive proceeding as 

 this process must be. Mr. Bal- 

 four's presidency of the association 

 was no sinecure. He met all its 

 duties most faithfully and carried 

 out the business of the president 

 with admirable tact. He appeared 

 at the meetings of various sections, 

 took part in the discussions of some 

 of them as in the section of eco- 

 nomics, and threw himself heartily 

 into the social duties of the meet- 

 ing. On the evening of the gen- 

 eral reception to the members and 

 visitors given in the splendid halls 

 of Trinity College (Mr. Balfour's 

 own college) he is said to have shaken hands with more than three 

 thousand persons, and up to the last belated guest his smile was as cor- 



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