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whole knowledge of our globe, and which 

 is to be worked out by study applied in 

 these various departments. That is to be 

 supplemented also by a study of history 

 of what man has done in these parts of 

 the world where nature permitted him to 

 settle and thrive. So you may say geog- 

 raphy is the meeting point of all these 

 sciences, a great stream into which they 

 all pour their tributary brooks. Geog- 

 raphy tells us what Nature has offered 

 to Man and what Man has made of 

 Xature. 



Possibly I should apologize for using 

 the {lerhaps obsolete term "man." con- 

 sidering that some of your \\'estern 

 States, following in the wake of Aus- 

 tralia and Xew Zealand, have recently 

 transferred the political, as well as the 

 social scepter from man to woman, and 

 especially considering the fact that this 

 victory is going to be celebrated in Wash- 

 ington upon the third of March by a pro- 

 cession. I will therefore withdraw the 

 obnoxious term and say "human na- 

 ture." 



MR. BRYCE's farewell 



Ladies and gentlemen. I reflect, with 

 sadness, that this is probably the last oc- 

 casion on which I shall have the pleasure 

 of meeting you here — at any rate, as the 

 representative of my country. I wish to 

 take this opportunity, in saying farewell, 

 of thanking the National Geographic So- 

 ciety for its constant invitations to my 

 wife and myself, and not only for the 

 hospitality we have received from you, 

 which we have warmly appreciated, but 

 also for that welcome which doubles the 

 value of your hospitality. 



.Among all the pleasant gatherings 

 which we have been privileged to attend 

 in Washington, among all the friends 

 whose constant kindness we gratefully 

 acknowledge, here and elsewhere through 

 your country, there are no gatherings 

 which we shall look b ick upon with more 

 pleasure and with a more grateful mem- 

 ory than those of the Xational Geo- 

 graphic Society. Here we have rejoiced 

 to meet many who were interested in the 

 same subject, who were alive to all the 

 movements of the world and were eager 



to help them forward. Here we have al- 

 ways noted and been impressed by the 

 feeling which has pervaded your gather- 

 ings, that all nations and all men of sci- 

 ence and learning ought to be united by 

 ties of sympathy and mutual helpfulness 

 in endeavoring to advance science and 

 learning and to promote also the peace 

 and good understanding between nations 

 which ought always to go therewith. To 

 be present at such gatherings as this has 

 been to us a constant pleasure. We shall 

 always remember them, and we venture 

 to hope, ladies and gentlemen, that some- 

 times you will remember those friends 

 who have left you to recross the -\tlantic 

 and who will never forget you. 



May I express my wish for the con- 

 tinued growth, prosperity, and useful- 

 ness of this Society, which in so short a 

 time has attained a position of such 

 prominence among the geographic socie- 

 ties of the world, in its numbers as well 

 as in its activity. It is the hope of all 

 your English fellow-workers that for 

 centuries to come the members of your 

 Society may still find something fresh to 

 do, and that their zeal and earnestness 

 may know no weariness or abatement. 



THE TOASTMASTER, ROHERT E. PEARV 



I voice the thought of every one in 

 this room when I say I sincerely hope 

 that Ambassador Bryce's prophecy may 

 not come true, but on the contrary we 

 shall many more times have the pleasure 

 of welcoming him and ]\Irs. P>ryce here 

 at the meetings of the Xational Gco- 

 gra])hic Society. Comments upon Am- 

 bassador Pryce's remarks are im])ossible 

 and superfluous. Di])lomat. student of 

 ])eo])le and countries, whenever he speaks 

 the fullest measure of pleasure and in- 

 struction goes to his hearers. 



Our next speaker is a successful man 

 of business affairs, one of our prominent 

 legislators, a man who has felt and seen 

 and believes in the extension of geo- 

 graphic instruction. Whatever he may 

 have to say upon this subject of the need 

 of geographic knowledge will be well 

 worth our consideration. I have the 

 ])leasure of introducing to vou Hon. 

 William C. Redfield, of Xew York. 



