;^6 Report S.A.A. Advancement of Science. 



work of Dr. Marloth in Bolan\ , the invaluable work of the Bacterio- 

 logical Laboratory at Graham.stown, under Dr. Edington, Scully's 

 work in ethnology and natural history, and the labours of many others 

 besides. 



But the limits of time prevent entry" into so wide a field. 



Let me therefore in conclusion remind you of a great historical 

 generalization which appears to point to the fact that the time is- 

 ripe for the establishment of such an Association as this. 



History teaches that all national events which call for supreme- 

 effort and self-sacrifice on part of a people and leave behind 

 them, for a time, a legacy of untold suffering and miser)', have almost 

 invariably in the end been followed by a period of intellectual progress- 

 and development. 



We here in South Africa have pas.sed through such a crisis ; 

 pray God that it may be followed by a like result; and may this 

 Association be one of those means which will help towards such a 

 consummation. 



Science knows no nationality, and forms a meeting-ground on 

 which men of every race are brethren, working together for a common, 

 end — and that end is truth. 



