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concludes with the following quotation from Ruskin : — " The 

 dead still have their right in them (these monuments) ; that 

 which they laboured for, the praise of achievement, or the 

 expression of religious feeling, or whatsoever else it might 

 be which they intended to be permanent, we have no right 

 to obliterate. What we have ourselves built, we are at 

 liberty to throw down ; but what other men gave their 

 strength and wealth and life to accomplish, their right over 

 does not pass away with their death ; still less is the right 

 to the use of what they have left vested in us only. It be- 

 longs to all their successors." 



In retiring from the Presidentship it falls upon me to 

 thank, which I do with the most heartfelt pleasure, the 

 Secretaries and those members with whom I have person- 

 ally come in contact, for their uniform kindness and 

 courtesy, and for their assistance in carrying through the 

 meetings ; and also to congratulate you upon the uninter- 

 rupted prosperity of the Club, and its growing usefulness 

 evidenced by the numerous imitations that have sprung up 

 all over the land, and the increased desire to join our ranks. 



It now becomes my pleasing duty to nominate the Rev. 

 Thomas Brown, F.R.S.E., Edinburgh, who was associated 

 with the formation of the Club, as President for the coming 

 year. 



