we adhere in belief to the saying of the ancient Greek poet, "These 

 things are not of to-day, nor yesterday, but evermore and no man 

 knoweth whence they came."* 



John Burroughs has written — "In discussing these questions our 

 plumb-Hne does not touch bottom, because there is no bottom." 



Our work is in the evidence of things seen. Any discussion in 

 the domain of Faith, which is said to be "the substance of things 

 hoped for, the evidence of things not seen," is entirely without the 

 limits of our province. 



Our Bulletins in the future, as they have been in the past, and, 

 as a general rule, our public lectures, will be devoted to exemplifica- 

 tions and explanations of conditions in scientific knowledge which 

 now, in a great measure are "caviare to the general," so that a greater 

 interest may be taken in matters which are of vital importance to 

 humanity. 





P^(yCdMdav Oo 



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U^jLcu^, 



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