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OBJECTS, CONSTITUTION, AND BYE-LAWS 



OF 



€\t ^'utsxlii Institute, 



OR 



|!ljil0so|?ljiciil S0nc.f|T of 6r.cat §ritaxn» 



Adopted at the First Annual General Meeting of the Members and 

 Associates, May 27th, 1867, with Revisions of 1874-5. 



§ I. Objects. 



1. The Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society or 

 Great Britain, is established for the purpose of pro- 

 moting the following objects, viz. : — 



First. To investigate fully and impartially the most important 

 questions oi Philosophy and Science, but more especially 

 those that bear upon the great truths revealed in Holy 

 Scripture ; >vith the view of reconciling any apparent 

 discrepancies between Christianity and Science. 



Second. To associate together men of Science and authors who 

 have already been engaged in such investigations, and all 

 others who may be interested in them, in order to strengthen 

 their efforts by association ; and, by bringing together the 

 results of such labours, after full discussion, in the printed 

 transactions of an Institution : to give greater force and 

 influence to proofs and arguments which might be little 

 known, or even disregarded, if put forward merely by 

 individuals. 



Third. To consider the mutual bearings of the various scientific 

 conclusions arrived at in the several distinct branches into 

 which Science is now divided, in order to get rid of con- 

 tradictions and conflicting hypotheses, and thus promote 

 the real advancement of true Science; and to examine 

 and discuss all supposed scientific results with reference 



