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merits, — far removed from following out a science which I love,— 

 make it impossible for me to bestow on it the time I wish, So far 

 as I am able, I will not be found wanting. There are mar.y here 

 far abler than I am to give the aid that is needed. Let me call on 

 each to do what he is able towards collecting well-investigated facts ; 

 and to bring these before us, so that we may compare them, and, 

 after a fair sifting, add them to the common stock of human know- 

 ledge. "We shall thus accomplish a work, the value of which will 

 soon become felt, and which will satisfy ourselves and those who are 

 watching us — a few with jealousy, but most with hope — that " The 

 Geologists' Association" has not been formed in vain. 



