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and to open new and exhaustless sources of instruction and 

 wealth. 



" With the increased means with which the liberality of the 

 public has in part endowed us, the resources from the investment 

 now believed to be so judiciously made, and the greater facilities 

 afforded by this edifice, we shall be called upon for fresh exertions, 

 greater activity, and the same persistent zeal which have thus far 

 given us a name and reputation at home and abroad. 



" We feel the responsibility of the task, but an appreciating and 

 enlightened public will cheer us on ; and as those who have been 

 so prominent in our councils are soon to pass away, and c the 

 places which knew them shall know them no more,' may our suc- 

 cessors, animated with their zeal, stimulated by their example, 

 roused by their energy, and enlightened by their knowledge, not 

 only preserve the Society in its present flourishing state, but ex- 

 tend its usefulness, increase its popularity, and give it an imper- 

 ishable renown." 



