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ON the present occasion I propose to say a few words on a subject of little practical importance, so far as the needs of every-day life are concerned, but still not without some general interest, and not without a direct bearing on the history of the advancement of human knowledge—the “Origin, Development and Aims of our Scientific Societies.” The subject is a large one, and it will be impossible to enter into details with regard to its almost innumerable ramifications. In justification of a considerable degree of limitation, I may incidentally mention that the “Official Year-book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland,” for the year 1900, extends over upwards of 290 octavo pages.
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The Origin and Progress of Scientific Societies 1 . Nature 63, 119–121 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/063119a0
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