instruments of research; secondly, the m-
creased number of workers, though we may
still say that the harvest truly is plenteous,
but the labourers are few; and thirdly, that
as the sunshine of discovery bursts through
the clouds of ignorance, as the bright hght of
science pierces through the mist and mystery
which surround us, with the continually in-
creasing circle of Ught, so the possibihties of
future progress are continually increasing.
Every discovery which is made suggests fresh
lines of inquiry, opens the door and paves the
way to still more marvellous and unexpected
triumphs.
Our children are now commencing their
career under eminent teachers, and have
great advantages and opportimities; most
sincerely do I hope, and indeed beUeve, that in
the triumphal progress of science which I
foresee — which they, I hope, will see — many
of them, and some, I trust, of those nearest and
dearest to me, may take an honourable part,
and add to the sum of human knowledge.
