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indifference to the cause we all have at heart. I would say to each 

 fellow-member, "go on seeking knowledge, microscope in hand, and 

 never mind the toil and trouble involved." In some shape or other 

 reward will sooner or later follow, but I neither dare nor care to 

 promise that it shall end in pecuniary increase. In the future, as in 

 the past, let every true representative of natural or physical science 

 claim a measure of your esteem and regard ; and should you at any 

 future time realise more fully than you do now, the advantages you 

 have derived from joining the Quekett Microscopical Club, do not 

 forget that most of these were due to the hearty and disinterested 

 efforts of as genial and devoted a set of office-bearers as it was 

 ever a President's privilege to work with. Gentlemen — I bid you 

 farewell. 



