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mountains; another in the winter hohdays in some larja^e city, where the 

 associations would 1)e brou^^ht into relationship with local institutions at 

 the time of greatest activit}'. A winter meeting would render it possible 

 for all of the kindred societies of specialists and professional workers to 

 meet in connection with the association occasionally, or it may be each 

 year. It would be a glorious occasion if, when the American Associa- 

 tion in 1S98 enters upon the second half of its first century, it should 

 have actually assumed its natural functions as the central agency for all 

 American scientific eflfort. 



