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tion of a Christie Lectureship at the Royal Institution ' and 
* the advisability of Tyndall's acceptance of the Professorship 
of Physics at Oxford.' 
* Spottiswoode informed us that the Liberal party at 
Oxford were about to try to utilise the present movement 
for university extension, originated by the theological party. 
The former would be glad to receive support from the friends 
of Science outside the university. A conversation ensued 
relative to the changes which ought now to be introduced into 
school education generally.' 
' Huxley's forthcoming lecture at St. Martin's Hall, and 
the Sunday League generally, were subjects of conversation. 
Spencer spoke of some of the results of his late botanical 
inquiries.' 
' Frankland proposed that we should take into consideration 
some method of hastening the publication of papers in the 
" Phil. Trans." Hirst read a letter from the Secretary of the 
Sunday League in reference to the late suppression of the 
Sunday lectures by the Sabbatarians.' 
' One of the principal subjects of conversation was the 
President of the British Association for 1868. We all requested 
Hooker to. allow himself to be nominated, but he declined, on 
the ground that it would interfere too much with the scientific 
work he had in hand.' 
' The constitution of Section D of the British Association 
was discussed.' 
' Sir John Lubbock having been asked by a number of 
graduates of the University of London to come forward as 
their representative in Parliament, we decided to give him our 
support by expressing our unanimous opinion that scientific 
men would regard him as a most appropriate representative 
in Parliament.' 
* The relation between Faraday, when young, and Davy. 
Tyndall observed that we must not judge Davy's treatment 
of Faraday by the light of subsequent experience of Faraday's 
powers, but must remember that Faraday came to the Eoyal 
Institution simply as a bookbinder's boy, who wanted to change 
his business for some other occupation. Hooker mentioned 
