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now; and that the long-suffered massacre of our inno- 

 cents will come to an end. 



And thus mankind will have one more admonition 

 that " the people perish for lack of knowledge ; " and 

 that the alleviation of the miseries, and the promotion 

 of the welfare of men must he sought, by those who 

 will not lose their pains, in that diligent, patient, lov- 

 ing study of all the multitudinous aspects of Nature, 

 the results of which constitute exact knowledge, or sci- 

 ence. It is the justification and the glory of this great 

 meeting that it is gathered together for no other object 

 than the advancement of the moiety of science which 

 deals with those phenomena of Nature which we call 

 physical. May its endeavours be crowned with a full 

 measure of success ! 



THE EM). 



