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offer a tribute of respect and admiration,to those gentlemen who 
were the first to introduce here these valuable and beautiful pro- 
cesses. It was a step in the right direction, for countries, like 
individuals, if they are to-succeed, must have a healthy mind as 
well as a strong body, and no country can afford to slight such a 
powerful auxiliary to education, art, and science as photography 
and photo-mechanical printing. 
In a paper I had the honor of reading before the Fine Art 
Section of this Society, I called attention to photography in its 
relation to, and as one of the Fine Arts. 1 will not therefore 
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em 
ask your indulgence while I read an extract from a recent 
The Art Journal says :— 
“Mr. Faulkner, of Baker-street, whose evtonion gio generally, 
that high praise of them is a duty. At first sight, indeed, after 
mi i i to be 
put aside that one receives them as transcripts after grea 
r Sir Joshua Reynolds. We may not say that the a 
never go farther, but beyond question the art has never yet gone 
so far as Mr. Faulkner ‘be carried it. a 
nd now, in conclusion, let me say a few words relative to the 
position that photography occupies as a means of demonstration. 
We find that it is used by almost all the sot Governments, 
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and vulgarizing the public collections of pictures of ancient anc 
modern masters, rare objects from the museums, &c. Its use is 
still more wonderful in the Astronomical observations, and we 
are all more or less familiar with such names as Rutherford, 
