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new ship which I should have been proud to show to men such as 
Sir William Thomson, John Murray, Buchanan, Buchan, and to 
the intelligent cultivators of science who fill this room. I could 
then have justified the flattering reception which you are giving me ; 
but in the hope of repeating at a later date, and under perfectly 
satisfactory conditions, this visit to the scientific representatives of 
Edinburgh, who will form the best judges of my future work, I 
thank you cordially for your very kind attention. 
