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the world's Listory. Faraday was throughout animated solely by 

 the love of knowledge. He freely gave his discoveries to mankind, 

 and left it to others to turn them to practical and profitable 

 account. 



Sir George Stokes, in seconding the motion, said that he had 

 had the honour of a personal acquaintance with Faraday, whose 

 single-minded devotion to knowledge for its own sake was beyond all 

 praise. 



The vote of thanks was cordially passed. 



Lord Rayleigh, in acknowledgment, said that it had been a 

 great honour and a great responsibility which had been placed upon 

 him. He remembered with gratitude the instruction which he had 

 derived at Cambridge from Sir Gabriel Stokes, and felt deeply in- 

 debted to Sir William Thomson for all that he had learnt from his 

 writings and his conversation. 



Sir Frederick Bramwell read the following letter from Dr. 

 Tyndall :— 



Hind Head House, Haslemere, 

 June 16, 1891. 

 Dear Sir Frederick Bramwell, 



As Faraday recedes from me in time, he becomes to me more 

 ■ind more beautiful. Anything, therefore, calculated to do honour 

 to his memory must command my entire sympathy. 



But the utmost liberty I can now allow myself is to be shifted 

 from my bed to a couch and wheeled to a position near the window, 

 fiom which I can see the bloom of the gorse and the brown of the 

 heather. 



Thus, considerations affecting the body only present an insuper- 

 able barrier to my going to London on Wednesday. 



Yours very truly, 



John Tyndall 



Sir Frederick Bramwell read a list of the names of th# 

 honorary members elected on May 4, 1891, in commemoration of 

 the Centenary of Faraday ; and reported that the following letters 

 had been received from them. 



Paris, 18 Mai 1891. 

 Monsieur, 



J'ai re^u I'invitation que vous voulez bien m'adresser a assister 

 au Cen^enaire de Faraday et I'annonce de mon election comme mem- 

 bre honoraire de I'lustitution Royale. Je vous prie de remercier le 

 Conseil de I'honneur qu'il me fait. Je serais tres heureux d'entendre 

 les lectures de Lord Rayleigh et du Professeur Dewar, et tres 

 desireux de concourir a rendre hommage a la memoire de I'illustre 

 Faraday. Je I'ai connu a Londres, lorsqu'il a bien voulu assister 

 a une lecture que j'y ai donnee, il y a un quart de siecle, a 

 " Royal Institution,'* et me temoigner sa sympathie. Mais je ne puis 

 m'engager a venir cette annee, avant que la date exacte de la reuniou 



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