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Ruskin, nature and art, though not identical, were in¬ 
separable ; and in his successor to-day we find a happy illus¬ 
tration of that successor’s favourite maxim, “ Ars est homo 
additus naturae.” We may congratulate ourselves that the 
artistic skill of our Slade Professor, already exemplified in 
the Addresses which his handicraft has helped to make 
worthy at once of the Society and of their recipients, will 
leave with us a permanent memorial in the shape of 
our new seal, in truth a Krrjfjia es dei for us and our 
successors. 
This leads me to speak more particularly of the occasion of 
one of the Addresses to which I have just alluded. At the 
Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society, the Darwin Medal 
was presented to our valued Fellow and ex-President, Mr. 
Roland Trimen, M.A., F.R.S. The event was felt to be a 
subject of special congratulation to entomological interests in 
general as well as to the recipient in particular. It will be 
remembered that the Society passed unanimously a special 
resolution asking the officers to convey to Mr. Trimen “ the 
hearty congratulations of the Society on the occasion of the 
award to him of the Royal Society’s Darwin Medal.” I think 
it will be of interest to put on record the terms of the 
Address, or rather Letter, in which this was done, and also 
Mr. Ti’imen’s reply. The Address, after quoting the Resolu¬ 
tion, proceeds as follows :— 
“ In conveying to you this expression of the Entomological 
Society’s appreciation of the honour conferred on a distin¬ 
guished ex-President, we should wish to add that, in our 
opinion, this event reffects no less honour upon the donors 
than upon the recipient of the Medal. You are known to all 
generations of scientific men as a veteran worker among those 
who have found their chief inspiration in the principles laid 
down by Charles Darwin. Among living naturalists there 
are few indeed whose merits as associates and fellow-workers 
with Darwin can bear comparison with your own; and we 
feel sure that all alike, in rejoicing at this public recognition 
of your life-long services to Biological science, will agree that 
the present honour could not have been more worthily 
bestowed.” 
