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In conclusion, my apologies are due to you for the length of this address, 

 and I thank you sincerely for the patient attention with which you have 

 listened to the remarks I have had the honour to lay before you. As the 

 President of the British Association, I feel that, far beyond the consideration 

 of merely personal qualifications, my election was intended as a compliment 

 to practical science, and to this great and influential metropolis of manufac- 

 ture, where those who cultivate the theory of science may witness, on its 

 grandest scale, its application to the industrial arts. As a citizen of Man. 

 Chester, I venture to assure the Association that its intentions are appreciated ; 

 and to its members, as well as to the strangers who have been attracted here 

 by this meeting, I offer a most cordial welcome. 



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