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IT would be well if our men of science were to be found more frequently distributing prizes and taking an interest in the schools in which, thanks to the wisdom and energy of Mr. Cole, so many thousands of our people are learning science. In this Prof. Williamson has just set a good example by distributing the prizes at the Keightley School of Science and Art on Thursday last. Prof. Williamson, at the end of his speech, remarked that “We in this country give a peculiar position to Science in relation to material affairs. If we find a coal-seam we look upon it as wasteful not to work it and make the most of it, but what he said was, that to leave the clear heads and true hearts of our countrymen left useless was a greater waste, because he believed that they were infinitely more valuable than any coal-seam that ever was discovered.”