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George H. Woods, of Salem, was duly elected a resi- 

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Prof. E. S. MORSE, being called upon, gave a very 

 interesting account of the theory of evolution, basing his 

 remarks principally upon the structural development of 

 birds and its relations to that of reptiles and other great 

 natural families, both geological and extant. It was diffi- 

 cult to decide which most to admire, the fluency and 



