Addresses from Sister Societies 209 



THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH 



Address 



To the American Philosophical Society 



from the 



University of Edinburgh, 



April, 1906. 



The University of Edinburgh sends cordial greetings 

 and good wishes to the American Philosophical Society 

 on the auspicious occasion of the 200th Anniversary of 

 the birth of the Society's Founder and First President, 

 Benjamin Franklin, and rejoices to cooperate with the 

 Universities and Learned Societies from all parts of the 

 world in praising a famous man. 



The name of Benjamin Franklin is a name of which 

 it especially behoves the great centres of learning to 

 celebrate the memory, for so various were his virtues, 

 so manifold the fields in which he attained preeminence, 

 that the different departments of Academic activity may 

 find each a special and separate ground on which to 

 render him honour. 



The Faculties of Arts recall the signal literary gifts, 

 the wisdom and understanding which won for Franklin 

 a foremost place in the illustrious school of i8th century 

 Essayists and Moralists; the Faculties of Law and Polit- 

 ical Science are proud to recognise the rare statesman- 

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