In the section of Geography, Mr. Ormsby-Gore spoke hopefully of
the future of native races and urged our own duty of improving their public health, their pro- ductive capacity, especially in agriculture and their moral strength, to.. meet their increasing wealth. On Monday Sir Daniel Hall warned the world that unless science improved production the supplies of food would some day fail to suffice for the population. On Sunday the. Dean of. St. Paul's made a lofty appeal to scientists to realize that they and the theologians were alike seeking the same end though by different paths. On Monday honorary degrees were conferred upon several distinguished foreigners such as the Abbe Breuil, Dr. Vito Volterra and Professor Wilhelm Wien of Munich, and also upon our Astronomer Royal, on Sir. Edward Sharpey-Schafer, Sir Daniel-Ball aid Sir Josiah Stamp.
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