32 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



make not only the fittest return to him, but also the 

 safest investment of time for ourselves, by individually 

 endeavouring to co-operate and advance some branch of 

 biological research. Great is the value of association, 

 and it is perfectly true that feeble as anyone may be 

 when standing alone, he can be strong when acting in 

 union with other men, as in a Society like this. And 

 surely the problems of biology should have an interest 

 for everyone, including as they do the natural history of 

 our own, and every other high or low class of organized 

 beings, plants, or animals. 



What secrets of Nature the next sixty years may 

 unfold we cannot even guess at. The origin of life on 

 our earth will probably still remain an unsolved mystery. 



As biologists, it behoves us with unfettered minds 

 and the faithful use of our highest powers of observation, 

 to endeavour to unravel, for their own sake, the deep 

 things of Nature, the love of truth being our guiding star. 



