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Remarkable Groups in the Lower Spectrum. 

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The Saratoga Meeting of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 



The Saratoga meeting of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science 

 was very numerously attended by members 

 from all parts of the United States. The 

 presence of very many of the foremost sci- 

 entists of the country was a reassuring evi- 

 dence of the high esteem in which the work 

 of the Association is held by those whose 

 pursuits and attainments best qualify them 

 to judge of its value. The first public ses- 

 sion was held in the Town Hall of Saratoga, 

 on Wednesday, August 26th, Professor O. 

 C. Marsh, the retiring President, in the 

 chair. The President-elect, Professor George 

 F. Barker, having been duly installed, an 

 address of welcome was presented to the 

 Association by Dr. McEwen, chairman of the 

 local committee, on behalf of the citizens of 

 Saratoga. The President made a graceful 

 response to this address, expressing the 

 thanks of the members of the Association 

 for the cordiality with which they were re- 

 ceived. Referring to the labors of scientific 

 men, and the aims and purposes of the As- 

 sociation, he said that " the American Asso- 

 ciation is a scientific body, and, using the 

 word science in its widest sense, we claim 

 that only that knowledge which is actual 

 should be garnered as wheat, though much 

 undetermined material may be collected for 

 investigation. It is the more or less crude 

 speculation, rather than the established fact, 

 which tends to bring science into discredit. 

 Undoubtedly, in advancing into an unknown 

 country progress must be slow and results 

 more or less doubtful, until the ground has 

 been more thoroughly explored, and the re- 

 lations of things have been established. But 

 the antagonism of varying views and the 

 cross-questioning of opposing opinion soon 

 bring the truth to light, and fix it as an in- 

 tegral part of science. 



" But our Association has for its object 

 to advance science not only by the discov- 

 ery of new truth, but also by the diffusion of 

 that already known. To this end it extends 

 a cordial recognition to all organizations of 

 whatever sort, whose objects are akin to its 

 own. Being itself national in character, it 

 gives its indorsement to all local enterprises, 



