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society. It certainly provides suggestive subjects, but it cannot 

 give effect to them — that is not the duty of the society, but of the 

 individual. To make our association more popular, we want 

 continuity in our work. Too frequently this ends with the lectures; 

 and before another course is arranged, the Society has almost 

 slipped out of mind. The session ought to be divided into two, 

 viz., a Winter Session for lectures ; and a Summer Session for 

 excursions, field-days, etc., which are of great practical benefit if 

 properly managed. It may not be possible to arrange a field-day 

 for one society ; but, as members of a Union, they can certainly 

 be carried on, as I have already suggested, in connection with 

 other societies. The benefits of such meetings must be obvious 

 to those wishful of obtaining a practical acquaintance with geology, 

 botany, etc. 



But we may make our Society still more popular by having a 

 something — it may be external to itself — round which we may 

 rally, so to speak. No one can doubt the educative power of a 

 Museum ; but we could scarcely hope to establish a satisfactory 

 local one. Still, if we cannot imitate Carlisle, Whitehaven, and 

 Keswick in this respect, there seems no reason why we should not 

 support one or other of them. Then, last year witnessed the 

 formation of a S. John Ambulance Class. So very successful was 

 it, that there is the promise of an extended field of labour this 

 year in the same direction. And lastly. Science Classes might be 

 established in connection with the Society. The benefits of such 

 classes are too obvious to call for comment. 



In conclusion, this address has been spun out to a much greater 

 length than I had originally intended, but I cannot sit down without 

 asking you, by your attendance at the lectures, to give each lecturer 

 that welcome which his otherwise unrequited services deserve, and 

 at the same time, by your hearty co-operation, to endeavour to 

 make the Society what it ought to be — a Society for the promotion 

 of Literature and Science. 



