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information and research both in history and archaeology. 
He was proud to think that of late years the most interesting 
feature in connection with such Associations was the desire 
to spread education and knowledge amongst the great mass 
of the people ; and that especially in this large and intelligent 
county of York there was a growing desire not to be behind- 
hand in the good work such Societies were effecting. He 
would ask them to do whatever they could in the circles in 
which they moved to assist so important a Society as this 
