Through colonial doorways . ysrejoice that it was their privilege to journeyeven a little way into the fairy-land ofscience with such masters for their the pleasure and profit of a morethorough penetration into its mysteriesand enchantments under such preceptors,those who were fortunate enough to benumbered among the students of Agassizand Leidy speak with enthusiasm. The Philosophical Society, grown grayand venerable, now celebrates. May, 1893,its one hundred and fiftieth birthday. Al-though numbering a large corps of nativeand foreign members, working in variousG k 13 146 THROUGH C
Through colonial doorways . ysrejoice that it was their privilege to journeyeven a little way into the fairy-land ofscience with such masters for their the pleasure and profit of a morethorough penetration into its mysteriesand enchantments under such preceptors,those who were fortunate enough to benumbered among the students of Agassizand Leidy speak with enthusiasm. The Philosophical Society, grown grayand venerable, now celebrates. May, 1893,its one hundred and fiftieth birthday. Al-though numbering a large corps of nativeand foreign members, working in variousG k 13 146 THROUGH COLONIAL DOORWAYS. branches of knowledge, and contributing toits regularly issued publications valuablepapers, the present fraternity feel that thesocietys proudest claim to distinction liesin the fact that it fostered literature, science,and invention in the young nation, andthus became the alma mater of many in-stitutions that have gone forth from itsprotecting arms to become, in their turn,centres of light and WmMiM
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