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of Hope— Hope that should "Spring eternal in 

 the human breast" bursts in dazzling splendour 

 on afflicted Man : consumption, cancer, chol-' 

 era, all must mitigate, recede, or vanish before 

 benificent germs meeting the horrible, des- 

 tructive causes on their own grim ground and 

 remaining triumphant on the never again to 

 be fought-for field. You may laugh at this, 

 and call it the rosy imagery of a too exuber- 

 berant fancy ; but let me ask you to observe 

 and notice that things much more incredible 

 have come to pass, aye, and are occurring daily 

 about us, that are now — like the steam engine 

 the great Strassburg clock and the marvellous 

 discoveries in chemistry — so accepted and 

 commonplace as to remain almost unnoticed : 

 what we deem the impossibilities of one age 

 are the actuallities of the next, and I am thus 

 explicit in bringing what I consider is a preg- 

 nant truth to your earnest attention because 

 I anticipate the vastness of the fertile field it 

 will surely occupy in the wonderful future 

 which we may never see but which is sure to be. 

 Now come with me into the seductive realm 

 of the enchantress Theory and reflect upon, 

 debate and analyze the ideas that I have sub- 

 mitted to your attention. May not these in- 



