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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  Next 
  to 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  original 
  discovery 
  itself 
  is 
  the 
  profound 
  

   satisfaction 
  that 
  springs 
  from 
  the 
  knowledge 
  that 
  one 
  possesses 
  the 
  

   interest 
  and 
  sympathy 
  of 
  one's 
  fellow 
  scientists. 
  And 
  here 
  I 
  have 
  

   always 
  felt 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  than 
  ordinarily 
  fortunate 
  ; 
  for 
  the 
  

   Fellows 
  of 
  this 
  Society 
  have 
  cheered 
  me 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  with 
  their 
  

   kindly 
  approval 
  and 
  encouragement. 
  

  

  I 
  look 
  upon 
  this 
  award, 
  as 
  I 
  did 
  upon 
  that 
  which 
  I 
  received 
  a 
  few 
  

   years 
  ago, 
  as 
  distinct 
  and 
  tangible 
  evidence 
  of 
  their 
  continued 
  interest 
  

   in 
  my 
  work 
  and 
  their 
  desire 
  for 
  its 
  continuance, 
  and 
  I 
  accept 
  it 
  in 
  

   the 
  spirit 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  given. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  especially 
  gratified 
  that 
  the 
  present 
  award 
  is 
  associated 
  with 
  

   the 
  illustrious 
  name 
  of 
  Sir 
  Charles 
  Lyell. 
  His 
  unbiassed 
  conscien- 
  

   tiousness 
  in 
  the 
  accumulation 
  of 
  his 
  facts, 
  his 
  fearless 
  and 
  earnest 
  

   search 
  for 
  truth, 
  and 
  truth 
  alone, 
  and 
  his 
  calmness 
  and 
  modesty 
  in 
  

   the 
  presentation 
  of 
  his 
  magnificent 
  results, 
  have 
  always 
  made 
  him 
  

   appear 
  in 
  my 
  eye's 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  geologists 
  of 
  the 
  modern 
  age 
  

   most 
  worthy 
  of 
  respect 
  and 
  imitation, 
  and 
  I 
  feel 
  a 
  profound 
  pleasure 
  

   in 
  being 
  thus 
  associated, 
  however 
  remotely, 
  with 
  his 
  illustrious 
  

   name. 
  

  

  I 
  can 
  only 
  trust 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  which 
  is 
  left 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  little 
  

   which 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  accomplish 
  may 
  be 
  performed 
  at 
  least, 
  

   somewhat 
  in 
  his 
  spirit, 
  and 
  along 
  those 
  lines 
  which 
  shall 
  retain 
  for 
  

   me 
  that 
  which 
  I 
  regard 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  proudest 
  possessions 
  of 
  my 
  

   scientific 
  life 
  — 
  the 
  sympathy 
  and 
  approbation 
  of 
  the 
  Fellows 
  of 
  this 
  

   Society. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  then 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Norman 
  Glass 
  the 
  

   second 
  moiety 
  of 
  the 
  Lyell 
  Donation 
  Fund, 
  and 
  addressed 
  him 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Glass, 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  have 
  awarded 
  to 
  you 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Lyell 
  

   Donation 
  Fund 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  valuable 
  aid 
  and 
  services 
  you 
  

   have 
  rendered 
  in 
  elucidating 
  the 
  history 
  and 
  internal 
  structure 
  of 
  

   the 
  British 
  and 
  Foreign 
  Brachiopoda. 
  The 
  generous 
  and 
  talented 
  

   assistance 
  you 
  have 
  rendered 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Davidson 
  through 
  your 
  method 
  

   of 
  preparing 
  for 
  observation 
  the 
  interior 
  anatomy 
  of 
  the 
  Brachiopoda, 
  

   for 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  his 
  great 
  ' 
  Memoir 
  ' 
  upon 
  the 
  British 
  Palaeozoic 
  

   Brachiopoda, 
  may, 
  perhaps, 
  only 
  be 
  known 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  ; 
  but 
  those 
  few 
  

   so 
  highly 
  appreciate 
  your 
  disinterested 
  aid, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  your 
  

   work 
  as 
  depicted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Davidson, 
  in 
  the 
  plates 
  of 
  the 
  volumes 
  

   of 
  the 
  Palasontographical 
  Society, 
  that 
  the 
  universal 
  praise 
  of 
  your 
  

   patience 
  and 
  industry 
  has 
  caused 
  the 
  Council 
  to 
  deem 
  you 
  richly 
  

   deserving 
  the 
  award 
  they 
  ask 
  you 
  to 
  receive 
  to 
  help 
  you 
  on 
  still 
  

   more 
  with 
  your 
  valuable 
  work. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Glass, 
  in 
  reply, 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President, 
  — 
  

   I 
  need 
  hardly 
  say 
  that 
  I 
  greatly 
  esteem 
  the 
  honour 
  which 
  has 
  

  

  