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of a more detailed character. It is only amid a restricted 

 circle, where men are mutually drawn together by similarity 

 of pursuit, that viva voce discussions become possible. With- 

 out an arrangement of this kind, whereby any natural pro- 

 duct could be exhibited and the difficulty of description so 

 often the occasion of contradictory views obviated by ocular 

 demonstration, the free interchange of thought between men 

 in search of truth would be deprived of its most essential 

 element. 



6 Among the arrangements made by this city for the recep- 

 tion of the Association, particular attention has been given to 

 render such a subdivision possible. In expressing the hope 

 that these arrangements may meet with your approval, I feel 

 it to be a duty to remind you that although they have been 

 committed to the charge of two of the committee, it is to one 

 only to my noble friend Herr Lichtenstein that the credit 

 is due of carrying out the plans with so much foresight and 

 indefatigable activity. With a keen appreciation of the 

 scientific spirit by which the Association of the Physicists and 

 Physicians of Germany is animated, and sensible of the utility 

 of their efforts, the Minister for Public Instruction has, during 

 the past four months, met the expression of our slightest wish 

 with the most self-sacrificing alacrity. 



6 In the immediate vicinity of the place of assembly, which, 

 in accordance with these views, has been fitted up both for 

 general and sectional meetings, stands the Museum, devoted 

 to collections illustrative of anatomy, zoology, geology, and 

 mineralogy. The scientific investigator will there meet with 

 rich material for observation, and many objects for critical 

 discussion. The greater part of this well-arranged collection 

 does not date farther back than the establishment of the Uni- 

 versity of Berlin, which was founded scarcely more than twenty 

 years ago : the older portion, in which is included the Botanic 

 Gardens one of the richest in Europe has during this period 

 not only been increased, but entirely rearranged. The plea- 

 sure and instruction afforded by such an institution cannot fail 

 to awaken feelings of gratitude towards that august monarch 

 by whom it has been founded, who, with the absence of osten- 

 tation characteristic of true greatness, has been adding year 



