Continuity of the Club's Life 1 9 



held all through these strenuous years is a strong testimony 

 to the devotion with which English men of science could 

 continue their researches (vitai lampada tradunt] ; and that 

 the social gatherings of the Club should likewise have been 

 carried on with similar persistence proves, not that the 

 Ro3'al Philosophers were wanting in patriotic concern, but 

 that in their broad view of life they could turn their meal- 

 times into seasons of unconstrained relaxation and enjoy- 

 ment with their associates, and avail themselves of such 

 opportunities for showing cordiality to others outside, and 

 especially to the foreigners who from time to time visited 

 this country. 



