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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Hobart. He was a 

 man of rare eloquence, as well as of great grasp and power, 

 and his influence in directing the public mind into higher 

 channels than are occupied by the mere desire for the accu- 

 mulation of wealth, by awakening it to objects of liberal and 

 scientific enquiry, and by enlarging on the advantages arising 

 from the possession of an enlightened and well disciplined 

 understanding, must have had a beneficial effect on the 

 minds of the rising community of Tasmania. He was con- 

 stantly inculcating the maxim that a community, not less 

 than an individual, must look to itself for the means of 

 developing its resources and forming and establishing its 

 character. " It is not what stands in casual and adven- 

 titious connection with us, but what grows out of us — the 

 Hving and genuine offspring of our own social organisation 

 — which must ultimately give us our place and name among 

 the nations of the world." As President of the Van 

 Diemen's Land Mechanics' Institute, he delivered addresses 

 on " The Advantages of Science," on *' The Opportunities 

 of Intellectual Improvement, chiefly with reference to the 

 circumstances of this Community," and on "Knowledge as 

 the means of correcting Prejudice," which are models of 

 clear and vigorous thought, and show a true appreciation of 

 the lofty aims and objects of scientific training and teaching. 

 These addresses, which are as true and as applicable to the 

 circumstances of the community now as the day they were 

 written, would be well worthy of republication. They are 

 the only published addresses by him of the sort which I have 

 been able to obtain ; but he was indefatigable as a lecturer 

 on scientific subjects, and he devoted much time and thought 

 to the furtherance of education generally, and especially to 

 the necessity of directing it into proper channels. He left the 

 Colony in 1858, and died in New Zealand in 1866 at the age 

 of 59. I hope that some sympathetic hand may yet be found 

 to write some account of his life and work, and to rescue 

 from oblivion such lectures of his as are still to be found in 

 scattered pamphlets published at the time. In compihng the 

 foregoing particulars of the life and work of Dr. Lillie I 

 have received much assistance from Mr. Livingstone, of this 

 city, who acted in early life as Dr. Lillie's secretary — assist- 

 ance which has been most heartily rendered to me as a 

 tribute of love to the memory of his old master. 



The main object of the founders of the Tasmanian Society 

 was to encourage investigation into the plant and animal life 



