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tion of a Christie Lectureship at the Koyal Institution ' and 

 * the advisability of Tyndall's acceptance of the Professorship 

 of Physics at Oxford/ 



* Spottiswoode informed us that the Liberal party at 

 Oxford were about to try to utilise the present movement 

 for university extension, originated by the theological party. 

 The former would be glad to receive support from the friends 

 of Science outside the university. A conversation ensued 

 relative to the changes which ought now to be introduced into 

 school education generally.' 



* Huxley's forthcoming lecture at St. Martin's Hall, and 

 the Sunday League generally, were subjects of conversation. 

 Spencer spoke of some of the results of his late botanical 

 inquiries.' 



* Frankland proposed that we should take into consideration 

 some method of hastening the publication of papers in the 

 " Phil. Trans." Hirst read a letter from the Secretary of the 

 Sunday League in reference to the late suppression of the 

 Sunday lectures by the Sabbatarians.' 



* One of the principal subjects of conversation was the 

 President of the British Association for 1868. We all requested 

 Hooker to allow himself to be nominated, but he declined, on 

 the ground that it would interfere too much with the scientific 

 work he had in hand.' 



' The constitution of Section D of the British Association 

 was discussed.' 



' Sir John Lubbock having been asked by a number of 

 graduates of the University of London to come forward as 

 their representative in Parliament, we decided to give him our 

 support by expressing our unanimous opinion that scientific 

 men would regard him as a most appropriate representative 

 in Parliament.' 



* The relation between Faraday, when young, and Davy. 

 Tyndall observed that w^e must not judge Davy's treatment 

 of Faraday by the light of subsequent experience of Faraday's 

 powers, but must remember that Faraday came to the Eoyal 

 Institution simply as a bookbinder's boy, who wanted to change 

 his business for some other occupation. Hooker mentioned 



