THE NEANDERTHAL SKULL. 7 



grown rusty for want of practice in the art 

 of elocution. I will, however, try to do 

 my best, while trusting to your kind in- 

 dulgence for the mistakes I may commit 

 on the present occasion. 



During my long retirement I have wit- 

 nessed with much satisfaction the wonderful 

 advance of Science in these latter days, in 

 its various branches, more especially in 

 that which relates to the human race, as 

 the Greek philosopher Epicurus justly 

 remarked 



" We are a sufficient theme for contemplation, 

 the one for the other" 



And one of your own poets sings in 

 the same strain, when he says 



"Know thou thyself, presume not man to scan, 

 The proper study of mankind, is MAN." 



It is truer now than it was two cen- 

 turies ago, when the erratic Lord Chan- 

 cellor Brougham gave utterance to his 

 memorable saying, " The schoolmaster is 

 abroad ; " and I am sanguine enough to 

 believe that his travels have not yet come 

 to an end. 



