se ei 
7? 

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congeries of scholars. The day when India can have a Grote 
or a Mommsen to write her history, which far transcends that 
of Greece or Rome not only in the extent of area but also of 
age, may yet be far distant. Meanwhile, let us hope that 
some scholar will undertake to write a history which though 
not exhaustive, is yet a history in the modern scientific sense 
of the term: and further let us hope that a teacher connected 
with an Indian University, shall we say the Calcutta Uni- 
versity, may enable us to realise our cherished dream. 
trust T may be allowed to bring this Address to a close 
with an offer of congratulation to the members of the Society 
for the happy choice they have made in the election of our 
new President. It would be inappropriate on my part to 
extol the eminence of Dr. Annandale in the branch of know- 
