Science in relation to mental and moral culture : the president's address delivered the Annual General Meeting, July 24th, 1880 / by T. Spencer Cobbold.

  • Thomas Spencer Cobbold
Date:
[1880]
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Credit: Science in relation to mental and moral culture : the president's address delivered the Annual General Meeting, July 24th, 1880 / by T. Spencer Cobbold. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    indifference to the cause we all have at heart. I would say to each fellow-member, “ go on seeking knowledge, microscope in hand, and never mind the toil and trouble involved.” In some shape or other reward will sooner or later follow, hut I neither dare nor care to promise that it shall end in pecuniary increase. In the future, as in the past, let every true representative of natural or physical science claim a measure of your esteem and regard ; and should you at any future time realise more fully than you do now, the advantages you have derived from joining the Quekett Microscopical Club, do not forget that most of these were due to the hearty and disinterested efforts of as genial and devoted a set of office-bearers as it was ever a President’s privilege to work with. Gentlemen—I bid you fare- well.
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