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The People^s Edition is sought for at home and abroad^ the 
Papers selected for it being those written in a popular style^ 
or useful as lectures^ or the basis of such. 
General Remarlis. 
11. The republication in America of some of the Institute’s 
Papers continues. 
12. The thanks of the Institute are due to the Newspaper 
Press, both at home and abroad, for the cordial manner in 
which it has seconded its objects. 
Conclusion. 
13. At the foundation of this Institute, in 1865, its then 
Vice-President said, ^^No one who watches the expres- 
sion of thought among the cultivated intellectual classes 
in this country, through its literature, can deny that the 
opinion that science and revelation are directly opposed to 
each other has been spreading with fearful rapidity ; * * we 
are suffering from the consequences of a culpable stagnation of 
thought, or from having failed to investigate fully and fairly, 
but rigidly, all the facts and arguments from time to time put 
forth as truths newly discovered by science, and as being con- 
tradictory to the Scriptures.” That the Institute has already 
done some good service in endeavouring to meet and combat 
this evil all will acknowledge ; but the tendency of modern 
thought throughout the world is such as to need an energy 
and a zeal on behalf of its objects, even beyond that already 
shown; and its steady growth and the encouragement already 
received will surely be deemed an additional incentive to the 
work. 
Finally, the efficiency and success of the Institute may be 
contributed to by every member, and it should never be for- 
gotten that its work is done, in the words of our motto, ad 
major em Dei gloriam. 
Signed on behalf of the Council, 
SHAFTESBUPY, 
President. 
