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when the present conflict shall be as a far off, unhappy tale 

 of long ago, and this our brief hour's traffic of the stage shall 

 have run its course, the stimulus which has compelled each to 

 offer his truest and best for the commonweal will prove an 

 abiding force. And may we not fitly anticipate the time when 

 from the ashes of an otiose past and an age of neglect, a re- 

 juvenated nation will have arisen among whom lethargy and 

 indifference shall be as aliens ? At such a time, we shall regard 

 the period before the shock of war was upon us as the ultimate 

 remnant of the Dark Ages and shall fail to understand that 

 mental attitude which considered science a luxury and its 

 application to the industries in need of advocacy. Proceeding 

 to eradicate the ugly and horrible effects of the War, we the 

 children of the Great Awakening will prove ourselves, by de- 

 votion to science with its train of blessings, worthy followers 

 of those who for King and Country were called upon to make 

 the supreme sacrifice.' " 



A FULL PROGRAMME. 



Besides the meetings of Committees and Delegates, the 

 following interesting events took place : — Wednesday (after- 

 noon), visit to Westminster Abbey under the guidance of 

 Canon Westlake ; (evening), Presidential Address on 'The 

 Application of Scientific Method,' by Dr. Martin. Thursday 

 (morning), Dr. A. Smith Woodward, a lantern lecture on 

 ' Vertebrate Remains from London Excavations' ; (afternoon), 

 visit to Lincoln's Inn (Old and New Halls, Library and Chapel), 

 conductor, Dr. W. Martin ; address in the Natural History 

 Museum, South Kensington Museum, on ' Some Skulls and 

 Jaws of Ancient Man, and his Implements,' by Mr. E. A. 

 Martin; (evening), joint meeting with the Linnean Society 

 to hear the ' Hooker ' Lecture by Prof. F. O. Bower. Friday : 

 a lantern lecture ' Are Acquired Characters Inherited,' by Prof. 

 E. W. MacBride ; and ' Tokens of London,' by Mr. W. Dale, 

 F.S.A. ; (afternoon), visits to Munitions Inventions Depart- 

 ment, and to a Munitions Factory ; and an address on ' Reptiles 

 in Captivity,' by Prof. G. A. Boulenger, in the Zoological 

 Society's Gardens ; (evening), lecture ' Notable Trees and 

 Old Gardens of London,' by Dr. B. D. Jackson. Saturday: 

 (morning), lecture ' Abnormal Atmospheres and means of 

 Combating them,' by Dr. J. S. Haldane, F.R.S. ; (afternoon), 

 visit to the Chelsea Physic Garden, and a paper on ' The 

 Associations of the Garden with the History of Botany,' by 

 Prof. G. S. Boulger ; visit to Messrs. Siebe Gorman and Co's. 

 Diving and Mine Rescue apparatus works, under the direction 

 of Dr. J. S. Haldane. Considering the large numbers present, 

 the arrangements made were excellent, as the writer, who was 

 privileged to take advantage of some, can testify. Altogether, 



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