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men whose names and the value of whose scientific 
researches are a guarantee for the “full and impartial” 
character of their investigations, and for the manner in which 
they have considered the mutual bearing of the various 
scientific conclusions arrived at in the several distinct 
branches into which Science is now divided, in order to get 
rid of contradictions and conflicting hypotheses, and thus 
promote the real advancement of true Science. Such work 
so carried on must tend to the advantage of Science, and to 
the right interpretation of the Book of Nature; and we may 
well be sure that when the truth in regard to that book is 
arrived at, it will not be found to clash with that other book, 
the Book of Revelation. 
The People’s Edition. 
12. Some years ago it was arranged that twelve of the 
most popularly written papers in the Journal of Transactions 
should be published in a cheap form in a “ People’s Edition,” 
and this was brought before the public most successfully in 
the Australian Colonies, and to a certain extent in Canada, 
South Africa, and the United States. This year it is 
hoped that the Council may be supported in making an effort 
to bring this edition before the people of India. The expense 
of so doing has hitherto been greater than it was thought wise 
or prudent to enter into, but this year the urgency of the 
matter has so pressed itself on the executive, that as the 
Institute possesses the matter to be circulated, it seems 
culpable not to make a beginning. The sum of £150 now 
would meet the expenses, and a Member has just contributed 
£20 towards this.* 
* The People’s Edition consists of twelve pages—written by men 
of eminence in such a style that they may be comprehended by all 
—reprinted frem the Journal of Transactions, The Edition was 
started by some Members in the year 1873, and first attracted 
attention in other quarters to the need and importance of works 
of the kind. The papers in this edition are often accompanied by the 
objections and criticisms brought forward in discussing the subjects, 
many home and foreign correspondents having urged the value of 
including these. The papers are published in neat covers, and are 
sold at a nominal price (sixpence) by the Institute’s organization of 
bookseller agents in the United Kingdom, the United States, 
Australasia, Canada,and South Africa. Single copies are supplied 
gratuitously or at cost price to individual lecturers against that 
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