PEOCEEDINGS 
ROYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETY. 
NINETY-FIFTH SESSION, 1865-66. 
Wednesday, 22d November 1865. — David Page, Esq., President, 
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f The following Donations to the Library were laid on the Table, and 
thanks voted to the Donors : — 
1. Palaeontology of Niti, Northern Himalaya, by J, W. Salter, 
F.G.S., and H. F. Blandford, F.G.S. 2. Journal of the Proceedings 
of the Linnean Society, Parts 29 to 34.- — From the Society. 3. Pro- 
ceedings of the Royal Society, Nos. 74, 75, and 76. — From the Society. 
The President, Mr David Page, then delivered the following 
Address : — 
In opening the business of another Session, I offer a 
few remarks on 
" man's place in the geological record," 
from the conviction that the subject is at present unfairly 
dealt with, and treated with unnecessary reserve. As is 
often the case with topics of novelty, certain observers are 
evidently caiTying the question beyond its legitimate 
domain; while others (perhaps the more competent), alarmed 
by this indiscretion, are timorously abstaining from the dis- 
cussion, and as evidently withholding their matured con- 
victions. Under such circumstances, no progress can be 
made : truth can never be arrived at. As a question of 
Natural Science, the subject is surely as open to investiga- 
tion as any other that comes within the scope of human 
research, and may be discussed as fully and freely, if we 
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