540 MARK PATTISON. 



cal faculty to his own work, uo less than to the work of others. "I 

 have never," he says, " enjoyed any self-satisfaction in anything I have 

 ever done, for I have inevitably made a mental comparison with how 

 it might have been better done. The motto of one of my diaries, 

 ' Quicqiiid hie operis fiat poenitet,' may be said to be the motto of 

 my life." 



It had long been his intention to write a Life of Scaliger, for whom, 

 as something more than the first scholar of the modern age, he felt 

 the deepest respect. He imposed it upon himself, "as a solemn duty, 

 to rescue the memory of Scaliger from the load of falsehood and 

 infamy " under which his enemies had contrived to bury it. For 

 nearly thirty years he was getting together the materials for this 

 vindicice. But the work of completing the composition of the Life 

 was postponed too long, and Scaliger must still await a champion. It 

 will be long before one so well equipped is likely to appear in the 

 lists. 



The memory of Mark Pattison will be cherished by scholars, and 

 deserves to endure as that of a student faithful to the high ideals of 

 intellectual life. 



Since the last Report, the Academy has received an acces- 

 sion of twenty new members ; viz. nine Resident Fellows, 

 two Associate Fellows, and nine Foreign Honorary Members ; 

 and four members have withdrawn. The list of the Academy, 

 corrected to the date of this Report, is hereto added. It in- 

 cludes 196 Resident Fellows, 84 Associate Fellows, and 71 

 Foreign Honorary Members. 



