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RETROSPECT may involve regret, but can scarcely involve anxiety. To one who fully appreciates the actual, and above all the potential, importance of this Society in its bearing upon the general progress of scientific research in every field of physical inquiry, the responsibilities of President will not be lightly, whilst they may certainly be proudly, undertaken.
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The Presidents Annual Address to the Royal Microscopical Society 1 . Nature 37, 448–451 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037448a0
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