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THE centenary of the Swiss Natural Science Society was celebrated on September 12–15. The meeting was a great success, and was marked by two touching ceremonies: the placing of a laurel crown before the monument of Henri Albert Gosse, the gifted apothecary of Geneva, who with Pastor Wyttenbach, of Berne, originated this great national society, and the inauguration of a monument to the Swiss naturalist Forel at Morges. Both these monuments consist of fine erratic blocks, with the head of the naturalist carved in the form of a medallion. One stands in the shady garden surrounding the University of Geneva; the other has been placed in one of the most exquisite spots on the banks of Lake Leman. But it is not in these grand stones that we must seek the record of the fame of those they commemorate. It is in the living society which has carried out the ideals and continued the work of its founders—a society of which Forel formed until three years ago a prominent member—that the glory of these simple lovers of Nature and of their country is to be found.
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YOUNG, G. The Centenary of the Société Helvetique Des Sciences Naturelles . Nature 96, 408–410 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096408b0
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