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British Association at Edinburgh The Edinburgh meeting of the British Association was held on September 8-15, 1834. In the Analyst (London) it was stated that a dinner was held on the opening day at 5 p.m., attended by 350 persons, with Sedgwick as chairman. He proposed the health of M. Arago, the Astronomer Royal of France. In reply, M. Arago dwelt on the advantages that must result from the union of the minds of Europe he regarded it as the pledge of the peace of the world because intellectual supremacy daily acquires more direct power over the affairs of nations, and when the intellectual rulers are banded in friendship the nations subject to this influence cannot be forced into hostility. These sentiments, we read, produced considerable impression. Following the dinner, the inaugural opening of the meeting took place elsewhere, Sir Thomas Brisbane presiding.
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Science News a Century Ago. Nature 134, 389–390 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134389b0
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