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NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Tuesday Evening. AMID much that has been stale and dull, the present meeting has not been without excitement. The discussions on heredity and Darwinism in D, Mr. Du Chaillu's attempt to make the Vikings responsible for the English-speaking peoples, and Dr. Nansen's appearance in several Sections, have all helped to keep the Sectional work alive, not to speak of the considerable number of papers of special scientific interest. Of the Sectional addresses, those of Prof. Geikie, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Edgeworth are most spoken of for novelty and interest, the latter, curiously, for the touches of fun, if not humour, that the author succeeded in imparting into what seems at first sight a dry subject.
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The British Association. Nature 40, 485–515 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040485a0
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