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them for the use of the ordnance. Now, on the contrary, a 

 piece of roast beef is the cooked flesh of the ox, endowed 

 with highly nutritious qualities, usually served upon the 

 table and people eat it, and hereafter when any person asks 

 you the difference between a piece of roast beef and a forti- 

 fication, you will probably be able to tell it." 



There is my old friend, Dr. Wood. Although dignified to 

 an extreme degree, he was the personation of kindness. As 

 a scholar and man of letters, I suppose we sball scarcely look 

 upon his like again. There is one point in regard to him 

 which is worth mentioning here and with which some who 

 hear me are doubtless acquainted. He made a tour through 

 Europe, and after completing it, he sold his carriage and 

 horses and invested the proceeds in fine Burgundy, Cham- 

 bertin I think, and I have had intense satisfaction in 

 drinking a good deal of that Burgundy. I think the most 

 pleasant recollections I have of the doctor are connected 

 with that Burgundy. 



It would be very easy to say more or less about the worthy 

 dead, and although what I have said to you has been rather 

 in a jovial strain, yet there is enough for serious thought. 

 The history of science in this country could be told in the 

 biographies of these men. I now propose, "The memory of 

 those who have gone from among us." 



5. The study of Languages, 



Prest. Wm. C. Cattell, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. 



" Qua? philosophia fuit, facta philologia est." — Seneca, Ep. 10S. 



President Cattell, in reply, said : 



Mr. President and Gentlemen: — It is well known that 

 the Founder and first President of the American Philo- 



PllOC. AMEH. PIIILOS. SOC. XVIII. 10G. Sit. PRINTED MAY 22, 18S0. 



