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that the powers that be thought that a long experience of life 

 would teach a man more and more how much he owed to the fair 

 sex (laughter). He could only suppose that Mr. Eltringham 

 and Mr. Grosvenor had been much too busy to realise by what 

 delightful creatures they were surrounded, or otherwise he did 

 not think Mr. Eltringham would have presumed to call Dr. 

 Jordan an angel (laughter). He did not want to lower Dr. 

 Jordan one least bit in the esteem of any one present, but to 

 claim that he should be raised to the rank of an angel could not 

 but be an insult to those who, in this country at all events, were 

 in the majority (laughter). He gave them the toast of " Les 

 Dames." 



The President said he was sure they would all receiv^e with 

 great enthusiasm the information that Miss Rowland-Brown 

 had consented to reply for the ladies. 



Miss Rowland-Brown said she wished this was as thoroughly 

 deserved as it was a great honour, but it was said, in her case, 

 that honours fell sometimes to the most undeserving. She was 

 glad, however, to have the opportunity of expressing, on behalf 

 of her sisters of all nations, and on her own behalf, their gratitude 

 for the kindness, cordiality, and hospitality with which they had 

 been received in the beautiful City of Oxford. In his excellent 

 speech Dr. Longstaff had surely exhausted all the delightful 

 things it was possible to say about the ladies. It had been a great 

 delight to them all to be here amidst the dreaming spires of her 

 whom so many fondly called Alma Mater. Oxford was a woman, 

 and Science, in all languages, was a woman. So far, in this great 

 science, few women had yet distinguished themselves, but where 

 those present led, others might surely follow, for science, that 

 woman of all countries, was a creed. 



Continuing, Miss Rowland-Brown addressed the company 

 in French and German, and finally she said she could only end 

 by repeating the thanks of the ladies present for what they would 

 look back upon as one of the most delightful weeks they had cv^er 

 had. They could not do better than take leave of each other in 

 that most beautiful and expressive word which all nations had 

 adopted — adieu (applause). 



The President said that although it transcended the bounds of 

 custom he was sure they would wish him to express in their 



