EVi^LUTION OK THK SCIKNTIFIC INV EsTI(4AT(»R. 'J.'i8 



of our own ix'oplc, liiil oi" liiiinaiiil y :il hirii-c: as you uiccl the men 

 who. in (he short spi\ce of one century, hsnc ti-ansfoi'iued this vaUcy 

 from a savage wihlerness into what it is to-(hiy. then may you lind 

 i-onipensation for the want of a past like yours by seeinsr witli 

 ])rophetic eye a future worhl power of which this region sliall he the 

 seat. If such is to he the outi-ome of the institutions wiiich we ai'e 

 now huihling uj), then nuiy your present visit be a blessing both to 

 3'our posterity and ours by making that power one for good to all 

 mankind. Your deliberations will help to demonstrate to us and 

 to the world at lai'gt* that the reign of law must supi)lant that of 

 bi'ute force in the relations of the nations, just as it has supplanted 

 it in the relations of individuals. You will help to show that the 

 war which science is now waging against the sources of diseases, 

 pain, and misery oifers an even nobler field for the exercise of hei-oic 

 qualities than can that of battle. "We hope that when, after your 

 all too Heeting sojourn in our midst, you return to your own shoi'es 

 you will long feel the influence of the new air you have breathed 

 in an infusion of increased vigor in i)nrsuing your varied labors. 

 \m\ if a new impetus is thus given to the great intellectual move- 

 ment of the past century, resulting not onh^ in promoting the unifica- 

 tion of knowledge, but in widening its field through new combina- 

 tions of efl'ort on the part of its votaries, the projectors, organizers, 

 and supporters of this Congress of Arts and Science will be justified 

 of their labors. 



