III. THE ADVISORY RELATION OF THE 

 ROYAL SOCIETY TO THE STATE, 

 AND THE RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC 

 DUTIES WHICH REST PERMAN- 

 ENTLY UPON THE SOCIETY. 



"The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret 

 motions of things ; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to 

 the effecting of all things possible." F. BACON (New Atlantis}. 



From the Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting 

 on November 30, 1904. 



D 



URING 



the last 

 few years 

 a very large 

 amount, i n- 

 creasing each 

 year, of work 

 outside the read- 

 ing, discussion, 

 and printing of 

 papers, of a 

 more or less 

 public charac- 

 ter, has been 

 thrown upon the 

 Royal Society 

 so large, indeed, 



