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their congratulations to the members upon the great 
progress made during that period, and to express the 
hope that the spirit, which has rendered necessary the 
extension of the Society's operations, will continue to 
animate the whole body of the members ; the present 
state of affairs being but the commencement of a long 
and honourable career, and a step towards the high 
scientific position, which it must be the ambition 
of all such Societies to attain. 
