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IS IT POSSIBLE TO KNOW GOD ? (CONSIDERATIONS ON “ THE UNKNOWN 
and Unknowable” of Modern Thought). By the Rev. 
Professor J. J. Lias, Hulsean Lecturer, Cambridge ... 98 
Discussion on the above 
Remarks by the (late) Right Hon. the Lord O’Neill 
The Author’s Reply 
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Ordinary Meeting, February 19, 1883 
On Certain Theories of Life. By Surgeon -General C. 
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Gordon, M.D., C.B 
Discussion on the above 
Ordinary Meeting, March 5, 1883 
On Certain Definitions of Matter. By (the late) John 
Eliot Howard, F.R.S., &c 
Appendix (Dr. Huxley’s “Idola”) 
Intermediate Meeting, March 19, 1883 
Intermediate Meeting, May 21, 1883 
Ordinary Meeting, January 15, 1883 
On the Absence of Real Opposition between Science and 
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Revelation. By Professor G. G. Stokes, M.A., F.R.S. ... 195 
Speeches, &c., by Sir J. R. Bennett, Vice-President of the 
Royal Society, Sir J. Fayrer, K.C.S.I. F.R.S., Professor 
Lionel S. Beale, F.R.S., Dr. Rae, F.R.S., and others ... 204 
Communication from Vice-Chancellor Dawson, LL.D., C.M.G 
F.R.S 
Ordinary Meeting, April 16, 1883 
Babylonian Cities. By Hormuzd Rassam, Esq 
Discussion on the above 
Appendix by Mr. W. St. Chad Boscawen 
Ordinary Meeting, April 2, 1883 
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