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last as long as life itself. It would be superfluous to mention any in 
particular where all have been so kind. 
I have noAV one other duty to perforin, a duty not untinged with a 
certain amount of regret, yet combined with so much pleasure that it 
makes the regret appear mean and petty. It is to hand over this chair 
to my successor, an entomologist that this Society can claim to have 
created, who will certainly make a name for himself that will last as 
long as entomology is a science, a kindhearted gentleman whom it is 
a pleasure to hail as a friend, and whose innate generosity is know’nto 
none better than myself. In Mr. Prout you will have a President 
whose systematic methods will pull you through the difficult places 
where I have often failed, and whose generous courtesy cannot fail to 
make our meetings popular and our Society stronger than it has ever 
been before. 
