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May 17, 1848. 



Vice-President, C. T. Jackson, in the Chair. 



After the Record of the last meeting had been read by 

 the Secretary, the Annual Address was dehvered by Dr. D. 

 H. Storer. It was an interesting historical sketch of the 

 origin and progressive growth of the Society up to the pre- 

 sent time. Dr. Storer availed himself of the opportunity to 

 acknowledge the indebtedness of the Society to its nume- 

 rous friends and benefactors, who at all times have been 

 ready with a liberal hand to supply its wants and promote 

 its interests, until, by a crowning act of their munificence, 

 it has been furnished with a building in every respect suited 

 to its wants. He urged with great earnestness upon the 

 members the duty of making redoubled efforts in the cause 

 of science. The Address was listened to with great atten- 

 tion by a crowded audience. 



At the conclusion of the Address, on motion of B. D. 

 Greene, Esq. it was voted, that the thanks of the Society be 

 presented to Dr. Storer, for his eloquent and interesting 

 Address, and that a copy be requested of him for publi- 

 cation. 



Prof. Agassiz asked permission to make a few remarks of 

 a general character, which he thought would not be ill- 

 timed on the present occasion, although it was a meeting 

 for a special purpose. He then made a most earnest and 

 stirring appeal to the students of science in America, to 

 seize the present opportunity to make a greater effort than 

 they had ever made before, to promote the cause of science. 

 Hitherto, he said, we had been obliged to look up to Europe 

 as our leader and guide in this pursuit. American Natu- 

 ralists had done much, considering the circumstances under 

 which they had labored, but little in comparison with what 



