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prejudices had cleared away, and that men have come to believe that 
all parts of truth must proceed from one origin, and that there can 
be no substantial and permanent opposition between one portion of 
truth and another, and that belief has led to the fearless investigation 
of scientific questions and of nature in all her aspects, to which again 
we owe the great triumphs science has made during the past fifty 
years. The report which has just been read puts before you briefly 
and very clearly the present position of our society. We are not a 
very numerous body, but we have advanced steadily in the number 
of our members. We do not desire even that we should become a 
very numerous body, because what we wish is, that we should gather 
within our ranks men who have a real love for science, and men who 
are willing not merely to give their names to a society of this descrip- 
tion, but to take some part in the investigations in which it is 
engaged. I think that all those who have watched the progress of 
this society for a considerable number of years, will admit that it 
has done good work for science during that time. In the year 1876 
it was extended to the whole county of York, and we claim how to 
carry our investigations, and work from one end of this great county 
to the other. The report has shown those who were not acquainted 
previously with the mode in which our work is carried on, that we 
do not confine ourselves to the reading of papers at meetings like 
this, but that we also engage in practical work and in field excursions 
for the study of different districts in the county. I say loe — I am 
afraid I ought not to use that particular word, because I have been 
too busy to take any part in these expeditions, and I ought therefore 
to say you ; but I am desirous of identifying myself with the society — 
(applause), — and I hope some rays of the light of science which emanate 
from you may fall upon me and illuminate my mind. Our papers 
speak for themselves ; our transactions are published, and the report 
which has just been read shows the sort of connection between us 
and most of the scientific societies in Europe. That in itself is 
recognition by these eminent societies that we are working with them 
for a common cause, and that we are not unworthy of their notice- 
Within the last few hours I have heard an expression from an 
eminent geologist in regard to our papers, which I confess led me to 
