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self in fear, impatience and indignation. But these times were 

 now changed, and he thought that he might claim to speak in 

 the name of the whole world of Christian thought when he 

 gave expression to the gratitude that, as a rule, the clergy has 

 litde or no opportunity for offering, to the amazing enrichment 

 of human thought which had resulted from patient researches 

 into natural science during the past two hundred and fifty 

 years, and in particular in the past eighty years. He thanked 

 God in their name, for the great and glorious work that had 

 been done by men of science, for the widening of human 

 thought. With all humility, he expressed their grateful ac- 

 knowledgment for the benefits which had been rendered in 

 Great Britain by the Royal Society. 



In the afternoon of Tuesday, delegates were received in the 

 great library of the Royal Society, Burlington House. Sir Archi- 

 bald Geikie, the president, was accompanied by Lord Rayleigh, 

 vice-president, and the officers. Most of the delegates wore 

 official robes or academic dress. Among the doctors' gowns 

 were prominent the crimson and gold cloaks of some of the 

 German professors, the scarlet and gold uniform, with brown 

 fur cloak, of an Hungarian delegate, the inconspicuous but 

 rather bizarre olive green uniform of members of the French 

 Academy, and the silk robes and turbans of the Indian repre- 

 sentatives. The heat again was almost overpowering, and al- 

 though the room is called "The Great Library," the delegates 

 were so closely crowded that it required the intense interest of 

 the function to overcome the feeling of personal discomfort. 



Elaborately prepared and beautifully bound credentials were 

 presented in order by the delegates of the countries represented. 



I remember now with especial interest that when Germany 

 was called, twelve men of academic appearance marched down 

 the central aisle, followed by workmen carrying a great bronze 



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