The session of the British Association for the Advancement of
Science is distinguished this year by the presidency of the Prince Consort. There has been, we believe, scarcely a single occasion in which the Prince has appeared before the public to address it directly, in which he has not uttered something well worth being pondered by his countrymen, and this address will always be remarkable amongst his public speeches for its elevation of thought and tone, its plainness and its purport ; it consisted mainly of a brief sketch of the Association since its first meeting, in order to show how it had served the purpose of bringing
together the various workmen in the common field of science, and ea tendering science at unee more conglete, more philoso- phical, stud more popular. The theme was admirably developed by thie rrince, who was expressly authorized to unite the Queen with joint 'labour of the Association and the people.
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