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ADDRESS BY THE RETIRING PRESIDENT, 

 J. GRIFFITH MORRIS, 



Apkil 23rd, 1878. 



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■N the work of education during early life, little is done to draw out and develop 

 two of the principal faculties with wluch man is endowed-observation 

 and manipulation. Habits of seeing quickly, observing accurately, and 

 discriminating minutely are not acquired vvithout learning to use the eyes. Nor 

 are delicacy of touch with lightness, accuracy, and steadiness of manipulation 

 without a similar education of the hands. Readiness and accuracy of investiga- 

 tion and observation are likely to be of more service to most men in everyday life 

 than any amount of scholarship, whether classical or mathematical. Examinmg 

 Boards are now doing much to enforce the study of science at schools, and the 

 coming generation, not content with exclusive classical education, will go forth 

 into the world better prepared to advance the material interests of mankind. 



This earth is beautiful indeed. 



And in itself appeals 

 To eyes that have been taught to see 



The beauties it x^\<t3\i.— Montgomery. 



From the study of any branch of Natural ffistory two sources of advantage 

 are to be expected-a beneficial result on the mental and physical powers of the 

 individual, and the practical utility of the knowledge gained. The student be- 

 comes a wiser and better man; he becomes elevated and refined, a love for the 

 true and beautiful is created within him, and his enjoyments are mcreased in 

 proportion. 



Mycology is a subject with which the name of the Woolhope Club is es- 

 peciaUy conne°cted ; it weU iUustrates the truth of these remarks, and inasmuch as 

 little progress can be made in its study without the aid of a microscope, additional 

 educational advantages arise, for that instrument in itself demands the practice 

 of patience, order, and observation, and developes the senses of sight and touch. 



Mycology presents a wide and fertUe field of research. The progress of 

 recent science demonstrates more and more that the growth, reproduction, and 

 life history of minute funguses is of vast importance in the economy of nature. 



