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honourable position in which you have placed me. I will 
do my best to fill it usefully for the society, for which I 
prognosticate a prosperous future. It will be one of those 
agencies, now springing up on every hand, which are fast 
making Liverpool not merely a centre of wealth and 
commerce, but also of art, and science, and literature. 
Long may they flourish together in our city. 
LD 
