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which in 1736 was presented by Linnaeus to his fellow- student 

 and friend, Bernard Jussieu, when they were students in Paris; 

 It is for that day a good instrument, and I can still see through 

 it, but there is a gulf between it and the instruments we employ 

 today as wide as that between a toy pop-gun and the French 

 75s, which roared forth victory on the European battle-front. 

 Take such a simple commodity as insect-pins as an example of 

 what the use of modern machinery can accomplish. Pins in the 

 days of Linnaeus were made by hand; they were costly; they 

 were clumsy. For mounting the minuter forms the best Linnaeus 

 had were about as good as marlin-spikes. Take the thousand 

 and one odds and ends of apparatus which we employ in our 

 work, how marvelously have all these things been improved! 

 Photography has come to our aid, and with its help we are able 

 to get and keep records, which the fathers would not have 

 dreamed to be possible. As I sat and listened yesterday' and 

 today to the fine papers which were being read, and which 

 were being illustrated by magnificent projections with the help 

 of the electric lantern, I could not help in thought contrasting 

 the present with the past, and wondering whether you younger 

 men appreciate the inheritance into which you, through the 

 labors of others, have come. 



The review I have made is necessarily brief. I cannot avoid 

 thinking that it should awaken in us satisfaction. The great 

 field which is ours has at least been partially conquered. There 

 remains, however, a vast amount of work to be done; it is far 

 from being exhausted. Of only comparatively few species are 

 the life-histories thoroughly known; the phylogenetic relation- 

 ships of various groups and species await investigation; no 

 doubt there are thousands of species yet to be discovered and 

 named; and, in spite of the fine work done by Scudder and by 

 Cockerell in paleontology, there must be innumerable species 

 of fossil insects to be found and described. Many questions in 

 economic entomology still await solution. There is reason, 

 therefore, for you younger men to regard the future with hope 

 and pleasurable anticipation. I am sure from what I have seen 

 during the sessions here that we have before us a future still 

 more brilliant than the past has been. 



In conclusion, in these times of strife and discord it is a 

 pleasure to recall how fraternal have been the relationships 

 which have been maintained by all workers in our special field 



