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having lived in this district. The references to the loom of the 
Pennine Range were very vague, and on the evidence of the 
witnesses whom he had quoted no one would hangadog. There 
were three remarkable traditions in this district, viz., that 
Spenser had lived at Hurstwood, that the battle of Brunan- 
burgh was fought about Haggate, and the theory of Dr. Dean 
that the name St. James’s Street was connected in the same way 
with the Spanish Armada. 
Mr. Joshua Rawlinson considered that Mr. Wilkinson had 
strengthened the belief that Spenser had once lived in the 
district. 
Mr. Lewis Grant said the registers showed that there was a 
strong Spenser family located in the district, and that they spelt 
their name with an ‘‘s” as did the poet. He moved a vote of 
thanks to Mr. Wilkinson. 
Alderman Mitchell seconded. 
The President (Mr. F. J. Grant) pointed out for Mr. Southern’s 
benefit, that what Mr. Tattersall Wilkinson had adduced was not 
all the evidence that could be brought forward in support of the 
theory. It was principally what he himself had gathered. He 
thought that Mr. Abram had made out very clearly that Spenser 
did live in this locality. 
Mr. Wilkinson acknowledged the vote of thanks and the 
meeting ended. 
OUR DUTY WITH REGARD TO HEREDITARY 
AND OTHER DISEASES FROM 
THE STANDPOINT OF HUMAN SOLIDARITY. 
By JOHN WHITTAKER. November 18th, 1890. 
With regard to disease and its treatment, the question has 
often occurred to me—Why do we allow men and women to 
remain in existence who are not only useless to the community, 
but actually offensive to themselves by reason of the filthy 
nature of incurable disorders to which they are subject? In 
pre-Christian times, with a few remarkable exceptions, the 
answers came short and sharp ‘“‘ away with them,” and starvation 
or more violent means prematurely ended unwelcome existences. 
But these drastic measures—inconceivable in a society permeated 
by Christian ideas—prevented the full flowing of humanity. 
Manhood and womanhood are only possible where thought, care, 
and sacrifice for others, undesirable and disgusting in themselves, 
have reached the stage of complete development. In other 
