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arose in my mind the recollection of a fact, which 

 probably no one here but myself remembers; 

 namely, that some fourteen years ago I was the 

 guest of a citizen of yours, who bears the honoured 

 name of Eathbone, at a very charming and 

 pleasant dinner given by the Philomathic Society; 

 and I there and then, and in this very city, made 

 a speech upon the topic of Scientific Education. 

 Under these circumstances, you see, one runs two 

 dangers — the first, of repeating one's self, although 

 I may fairly hope that everybody has forgotten the 

 fact I have just now mentioned, except myself; 

 and the second, and even greater difficulty, is the 

 danger of saying something different from what 

 one said before, because then, however forgotten 

 your previous speech may be, somebody finds out 

 its existence, and there goes on that process so 

 hateful to members of Parliament, which may be 

 denoted by the term " Hansardisation." Under 

 these circumstances, I came to the conclusion that 

 the best thing I could do was to take the bull by 

 the horns, and to " Hansardise " myself, — to put 

 before you, in the briefest possible way, the three 

 or four propositions which I endeavoured to 

 support on the occasion of the speech to which I 

 have referred; and then to ask myself, supposing 

 you were asking me, whether I had anything to 

 retract, or to modify, in them, in virtue of the 

 increased experience, and, let us charitably hope, 

 the increased wisdom of an added fourteen years. 



