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I. YOUR Committee has done me much honour by inviting me to deliver the first lecture in this large and very beautiful hall. In accepting the task I was aware that it involved a great responsibility, but I had various grounds of encouragement. I remembered that I was not coming among you as a stranger, and I knew that I had a subject worthy of a memorable occasion. I would I were equally confident of my ability to do justice to so noble a theme.
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A Glimpse through the Corridors of Time 1 . Nature 25, 79–82 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/025079f0
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