﻿ANNIVERSARY 
  MEETING 
  WOLLASTON 
  DONATION 
  FUND. 
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  been 
  incomplete 
  and 
  preparatory, 
  often 
  destructive 
  rather 
  than 
  

   constructive, 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  seeker 
  after 
  truths 
  to 
  which 
  another 
  genera- 
  

   tion 
  will 
  attain. 
  If, 
  indeed, 
  there 
  be 
  any 
  good 
  in 
  it, 
  this 
  is 
  because 
  

   throughout 
  I 
  have 
  studied 
  nature 
  more 
  than 
  books, 
  I 
  have 
  sought 
  

   for 
  reasons 
  rather 
  than 
  for 
  authorities, 
  and 
  in 
  so 
  doing 
  have 
  

   endeavoured 
  to 
  apply 
  the 
  principles 
  of 
  induction 
  which 
  I 
  learnt 
  

   years 
  ago 
  at 
  Cambridge 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  mathematics. 
  Still, 
  I 
  am 
  

   conscious 
  that 
  for 
  this 
  crowning 
  honour 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  

   kindly 
  feeling 
  of 
  others 
  than 
  to 
  my 
  own 
  merits, 
  and 
  can 
  only 
  

   promise 
  that, 
  if 
  time 
  for 
  scientific 
  work 
  yet 
  remain, 
  I 
  will 
  try 
  to 
  be- 
  

   come 
  more 
  worthy 
  of 
  the 
  distinction 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  awarded 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  Award 
  of 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Donation 
  Fund. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  next 
  presented 
  to 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Smith 
  Woodward, 
  F.G.S., 
  

   the 
  Balance 
  of 
  the 
  Proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Fund, 
  and 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Smith 
  Woodward, 
  — 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  Balance 
  of 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Fund, 
  the 
  

   Council 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  recognize 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  your 
  contri- 
  

   butions 
  to 
  the 
  knowledge 
  of 
  fossil 
  fishes 
  and 
  fossil 
  reptiles. 
  Your 
  

   publications 
  on 
  these 
  classes 
  of 
  animals 
  are 
  carefully 
  written, 
  and 
  show 
  

   an 
  extensive 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  the 
  rather 
  intricate 
  literature 
  of 
  the 
  

   subject. 
  I 
  hope 
  that 
  the 
  award 
  now 
  handed 
  to 
  you 
  will 
  be 
  an 
  in- 
  

   centive 
  to 
  further 
  researches 
  and 
  an 
  assistance 
  in 
  prosecuting 
  them. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Smith 
  Woodward, 
  in 
  reply, 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

   Mr. 
  President, 
  — 
  

  

  I 
  beg 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  best 
  thanks 
  to 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  

   Society 
  for 
  the 
  honour 
  they 
  have 
  done 
  me 
  in 
  making 
  this 
  award, 
  

   and 
  also 
  to 
  yourself, 
  Sir, 
  for 
  the 
  kind 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  

   spoken 
  of 
  my 
  slight 
  attempts 
  to 
  extend 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  one 
  small 
  

   department 
  of 
  our 
  Science. 
  It 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  my 
  greatest 
  pleasure 
  

   to 
  devote 
  my 
  leisure 
  hours 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  ■ 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  very 
  gratifying 
  to 
  feel 
  that 
  the 
  circumstances 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  

   have 
  enabled 
  me 
  to 
  follow 
  these 
  pursuits 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  that 
  is 
  deemed 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  recognition 
  by 
  this 
  Society. 
  Continual 
  access 
  to 
  a 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  affords 
  exceptional 
  facilities 
  

   for 
  paloeontological 
  research 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  experience 
  gained 
  when 
  

  

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