296 William Rowan Hamilton. 
This circumstance is of itself sufficiently remarkable, and_re- 
flects equal honor upon the authorities who ventured to make 
the appointment, and on the young geometer who, by dint of 
genius and laborious study, was qualified to discharge the duties 
of the post. In connexion with this arrangement there is a point 
of osculation with our own Society of sufficient interest to de- 
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