234 peesident's addeess. 



regards historical and typographical matters, the Journal is not 

 so rich as I should like to see it. 



Now ladies and gentlemen, if you agree with me in thinking 

 that a new, enlarged, and authentic "History of Cornwall" 

 commensurate with the importance of the county be desirable, 

 let us consider what practical steps can be taken towards the 

 attainment of that object. You know it cannot be done at once, 

 for there is much preliminary labour to be undergone, and being 

 conscious of this it will be of no use to sit down and contemplate 

 the difficulties. It may be difficult, probably it will, but my 

 maxim has always been that difficulties are made to be overcome. 

 The more you contemplate difficulties the bigger they grow. 

 " Put the shoulder to the wheel." Resolution and perseverance 

 will overcome all difficulties. But we must take a first step. 

 We must make a beginning. If I may venture, as your President 

 to offer a suggestion, I would say form a "Record Society" to 

 collect and print historical materials of record relating to the 

 County. In offering this suggestion I do not intend that a single 

 shilling should be withdrawn from the invested capital of the 

 Institution. A separate subscription should be entered into for 

 this purpose. This has been done, with success, in Somersetshire 

 and in other counties, and I am glad to say that a preliminary 

 step has been taken, within the present month, in the county 

 in which I now reside (Grloucestershire\ and I am glad to hear 

 that a suggestion has already been made in Cornwall in the 

 same direction. Good ! Let us be courageous and follow it up. 

 Let us, remembering the old Cornish motto : One and All, 

 which has done so much for the County, come to a resolution 

 here, and now, to do so. I shall be pleased myself to become a 

 subscriber to such a scheme. 



