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of its " Proceedings" and the second series of its " Jour- 

 nal. ' ' By exchange the Academy has received many val- 

 uable series issued by kindred societies all over the 

 world, most of which have been received without inter- 

 ruption and prove indispensible to investigators who de- 

 sire to go into the earlier literature of their subjects. 

 Today publications are exchanged with 306 foreign and 

 114 home societies. 



The growth of the Academy in recent years has been 

 essentially along the lines denned by its founders. Its 

 library has been steadily increased through its affiliations 

 with other scientific bodies in this and foreign countries ; 

 its collections are housed and its meetings held in its own 

 building; and the Transactions have been published in 

 unbroken series and kept up to a high and worthy stand- 

 ard. 



As the present must ever be accumulating knowledge 

 for the future, the influence of the Academy of Science 

 will grow greater and greater as the years go by, bring- 

 ing within its folds all those interested in the develop- 

 ment of science, fostering and strengthening the scien- 

 tific spirit, and passing on from generation to genera- 

 tion the achievements of science, as expressed in its 

 motto, "for human knowledge and power." 



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