Address to the Royal Historical Society
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Excerpt from Address to the Royal Historical Society: February 18th, 1892 Gentlemen, When you were good enough to elect me last year to the post which gives me the privilege of addressing you on this occasion, the honour came rather unexpectedly, and I thought I did not know enough about the circumstances, prospects, and possibilities of the Society to make it wise for me to speak to you at any length before I had had a year´s experience of its working. I have now had this, and that is the reason why I have ventured to ask you to meet me this afternoon. The Royal Historical Society had the advantage of commencing its work under the nominal guidance of two very eminent Presidents: Mr. Grote was a great historian, while Lord Russell was a not inconsiderable maker of history. When, however, they became connected with us they were both very old men, their work was done; and it would not have been reasonable to expect from them much more than the sanction of their great names. It was not till the days of their successor - Lord Aberdare - that the President took an active part in the direction of our affairs. When he came to the rescue, he was not young, and might fairly have considered that he had earned repose; but no man among his contemporaries has been less sparing of himself or more zealous in the discharge of every duty which he could with any sort of reason be asked to undertake. A poet, who spoke with full knowledge, said of him some time ago - What shall be written to the man Who through life´s mingled hopes and fears Attains to-day our little span Of seventy years? What else but this? Brave heart be strong, Be of good hope - life holds no fears, Nor death, for him who strives with wrong For seventy years. Live, labour, spread that sacred light Of knowledge which thy soul reveres, Fight still the old victorious fight Of seventy years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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