The illustrated London news . ^ IttUSTRAr^. MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT , like Wisdom, is justified of her children. Time waswhen the annual sessions o£ the British Association were heldto he a capital theme for ridioule, and when journalists who thought it became them to raise an uproarious laugh at whatthey described as talking, peripatetic, and wool-gatheringphilosophy. It is not the first time by a good many that theBhadows which herald the approach of a majestic success, mis- interpreted by men who believe that there is nothing like leather,haveescitedwondrouse
The illustrated London news . ^ IttUSTRAr^. MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT , like Wisdom, is justified of her children. Time waswhen the annual sessions o£ the British Association were heldto he a capital theme for ridioule, and when journalists who thought it became them to raise an uproarious laugh at whatthey described as talking, peripatetic, and wool-gatheringphilosophy. It is not the first time by a good many that theBhadows which herald the approach of a majestic success, mis- interpreted by men who believe that there is nothing like leather,haveescitedwondrousebullitionsofnoiBymerriment, ofwhioheub-sequenteventshavemadethesaidmen sheepishly ashamed. TheBritiBh Association has not merely outlived the jeers of its earlyassailants—it has Been them converted into aoclamationB of praise.
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