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inspiring influence. There are others I would gladly see represented 

 in the group ; and I com mend to my fellow-Academicians the duty 

 of thus perpetuating amongst us the memory of Humphrey Lloyd, of 

 Jellett, and of Stokes. 



There is a fine poem of Schiller's, well, though somewhat freely, 

 translated by our own Clarence ITangan, in which, speaking to his 

 fellow-countrymen at a time when Germany stood in several respects 

 below the neighbouring nations, the poet owns this inferiority ; we 

 have not, he says, the material resources or the busy life of com- 

 merce, which others can boast ; but there are things, he adds, which 

 console us for our deficiencies — 



"Our hearts 

 Are still the home of Science and the Arts, 

 And glow and gladden in the light they give." 



That is the hope I cherish for Ireland, that, though material wealth 

 maybe denied her, she may be rich in the things of the mind, that the 

 bright intellect and the fine feeling of our people, duly cultivated and 

 directed aright, may win back the early reputation of our country as 

 a dwelKng-place of peaceful study, and a centre of beneficent iufiuence. 

 And with this I join the further and kindred hope that this Academy, 

 retaining its position as one of the foremost of Iiish institutions, may 

 long continue to be a home of high thought and graceful culture, 

 where our successors will meet in fi'iendly union, as we have done, to 

 study, according to the three-fold design of our foundation, the truths 

 of Science, the treasures of Literature, and the memorials of the 

 past. 



At the conclusion of the President's Address, His Excellency the 

 Lord Lieutenant said — 



Mr. President and gentlemen, I rise with some diffidence and with 

 many misgivings to perform a duty which I believe is conferred on 

 me by reason of the fact that, owing to the official position which I 

 have the honour to hold, I am Yisitor to this distinguished Academy. 

 I have been requested to move a resolution in the following words : — 

 " That the best thanks of this Academy are hereby given 

 to the President for his address." 



Xow, gentlemen, it would be obviously futile on my part to 

 attempt to lead you into a discussion on the personal merits of our 



