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And when you cross again the Atlantic, the brotherhood of 

 science will be the more increased, and its usefulness in 

 proportion. 



On behalf of your foreign guests, I heartily second the 

 motion. 



The above speech turned out to be the last of the 

 public utterances of our dear friend, as he died shortly 

 afterwards, on returning home to the States. 



A conversazione was given by the Executive 

 Committee of the Jubilee Exhibition, on which 

 occasion an address was read by the Chairman, 

 Sir Joseph Lee, to the President and members of 

 the Association, welcoming them to the Exhibition. 

 In this he said : " Your distinguished President of 

 this year is one of our citizens, and we are proud to 

 think that in the present, as in the past, we have as a 

 city contributed our full share, not less to the advance- 

 ment and spread of scientific knowledge than to its 

 application in the processes of manufacture, industry, 

 and exchange." 



In reply I remarked that I deemed it a great 

 honour, as President of the British Association, to 

 return to Sir Joseph Lee and members of the Execu- 

 tive Committee, on the part of the members, sincere 

 thanks for the address of welcome and for the hos- 

 pitable reception which had been accorded to them in 

 that wonderful building. No more fitting tribute in 

 honour of her Majesty's reign was raised throughout 

 her dominions than the Royal Jubilee Exhibition in 

 Manchester. It was one of which the utility and 

 influence far exceeded that of any temporary pageant, 

 for the sights and sounds which had already there met 

 the eyes and ears of nearly three millions of our people 

 were of a character not merely to allure and please, 

 but to interest and instruct. For that exhibition 



