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shall make a retrograde movement, and the accumulation of wealth and the 

 increase of members will all be in vain. 



Let us begin the new year with a firm resolve that henceforth a spirit of 

 union and concord shall be fostered by each one, forgetting ourselves and 

 self-interest, for the sake of the prosperity and general good of the Society, 



Gentlemen : Before I sit down, I cannot refrain from alluding to the sud- 

 den decease of our venerable friend, Josiah Bradlee, Esq., whose loss we 

 this day mourn, from whom we have received repeated favors, in common 

 with many other associations, scientific and charitable — who has been one 

 of the pillars of this Society, and whose memory we shall delight to 

 cherish. Before the adjournment of this meeting, I hope some of the mem- 

 bers will be prepared with resolutions appropriate for this solemn event. 



