SCIENCE IN EDUCATION 



Knowledge/' that is, upon the more complete applica- 

 tion of scientific knowledge and methods to every depart- 

 ment of industrial and national activity. 



It is obvious that it must be so, for it is only through 

 an increased understanding of what are called the laws 

 of Nature the sequence and the interaction of natural 

 phenomena that we can hope to bring Nature into com- 

 plete subjection, and to make use of her illimitable forces 

 to work out our own ends.] 



As I address you now for the last time, I wish to say how 

 fully I have appreciated the honour the crowning honour 

 which can fall to the lot of but few Fellows, which I have 

 received at your hands. Most deeply have I felt the great 

 responsibility associated with this honour, and during a not 

 uneventful period it has been my most earnest endeavour 

 to uphold, as far as it lay in my power, the high traditions 

 of our great and ancient Society. 



In bidding you farewell, I desire to express to the entire 

 body of the Fellows my gratitude for their invariable 

 consideration and courtesy, and in particular to the Officers 

 who have served with me, my warm thanks for their efficient 

 support and assistance, and for the thoughtful and pre- 

 venient attention by which they have sought to lighten the 

 duties of my office. 



I rejoice that in the hands of my probable successor, a 

 man of world-wide eminence in science, the interests and 

 the reputation of the Society will be eminently safe. 



Farewell ! Floreat Regalis Societas Londini ! 

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