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I am sure that everyone connected with natural history or with the Royal Society recognises the amiable tactfulness and discretion of our worthy President. These qualities explain the opinion which he has expressed in reply to an inquiry from the Speaker as to the government of the Natural History Museum. They do not, however, give any weight to it. The essential qualification for expressing an opinion of value on this subject is a knowledge of the facts. Of that, I am sorry to be obliged to say, Sir Archibald Geikie is entirely innocent. The Speaker says in his letter that he understands that Sir Archibald Geikie “has recently made special inquiries on this subject.” Sir Archibald himself says he has “had occasion to make a careful investigation of the facts of the case.”
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LANKESTER, E. The Natural History Museum . Nature 82, 255–256 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/082255a0
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