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invigorating influence of the many ramblings required, 

 and the dehght of aiding others in the same pursuits " 

 as " amply sufficient to carry one through greater 

 difficulties " than he had met with in the preparation of 

 the book. He held strong views as to the claims of 

 natural science to a place in education, and the need 

 of freeing education from " the incubus of what would 

 smother the mind that, if unrestrained, would inhale 

 with delight the pure air of heaven." To him Nature- 

 study in schools would have brought delight as the 

 promise of a better state of education. I think that of 

 him, as of few men, can be said — " Blessed are the pure 

 in heart, for they shall see God." 



Professor J. Ai'thur Thomson said — After the 

 admirable and appropriate words we have heard, I find 

 it very difficult to add anything. Yet I am glad to use 

 the opportunity kindly afforded me, and I wish to say 

 three things. 



Without prejudicing an important question, may I 

 say that just as gladly as the Principal has received 

 this beautiful IMacGillivray memorial on behalf of the 

 University, so gladly would I in turn become its sub- 

 custodian in the Natural History Department. I venture 

 to hope that it may not be removed many yards, if pos- 

 sible not many feet, from the spot where we have seen it 

 unveiled by Dr. White. A memorial should be appro- 

 priate and beautiful — and this is both ; but it ought also 

 to be a stimulus ; and surely it is in the precincts of this 

 class-room that its powers of stimulus should be tested. 



