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THE closing meeting of the International Geographical Congress took place on Saturday morning (August 3), and there seemed to be no dissentients from the opinion that in all its departments the Congress has been a great success. In particular, the meeting is to be congratulated on accomplishing much important work, and combining therewith a large amount of entertainment and social intercourse, without unduly taxing the energies of its members. While there was no reason to expect, in a scientific body like the Congress, any serious complication of interests, it is specially satisfactory to recognise the spirit which showed itself in all the sittings from day to day, and found its most definite expression in the graceful and courteous speech in which General Greely seconded the proposal that the Congress accept the invitation of the German delegates to hold the next meeting in Berlin. The Congress has not as yet met in Germany, and it was felt that a large number of members would have great difficulty in attending a meeting at Washington, although a visit to the United States offered many inducements to accept the cordial invitation which came from that country.
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The International Geographical Congress. Nature 52, 350–352 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/052350a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/052350a0