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NATIONAL UMUIY
CAtfADA

■muoTHtxiufi: nation^le

HAMILTON ASSOCIATION.

Inaugural Address of J. Macdonald,
Esq., M. D., President.

DELIVERED NOVEMBER 17, 1881.

The flnl ngalur meeting for the feeeon of
the Hauilton enooietioiiwMheldonNoyem-
ber 1? 1881 io the eoBnoil cbember »t thd
Oitj Hall, there being • fall attendencu.
kr. Mollvreftb, the retiring preeident, ocoa-
fied the oheir.

After the reeding of the minatee, Ifr. Me-
Dwreith briefly retaroed thanks for the
IdndnfMi end rapport L« had reoeived from
members daring his ineambenoy of tbe pres-
idential ehsir. These had rendered his da-
tiee light and i^ileasant. He then introdaoed
the president eleot, Dr. M^odonald, who then
taking the ohair read the following

ASDBBSS:

GiHTLSiaui : My first doty io-nigbt is to
express my thanks to the Hamilton assoeia-
tion for the kindness wbieh has led its mem-
bers to pat apon me the honor of opening
this year's session. I am veil aware that it
beeomee me to present even this aeknowledg-
ment with dilBdenoe. I oannot lay elaim
to any speoial fitness for the plaoe of president
of an aseoetation saeh as this, wt idi aims at
ft eharaetej', litevary, sdentifio and
philoso^ie. I have aooepted the preferment
partly aa a token of good will towards a man
fli myage, bat ohiefly beeaasel reiptrd it as
showing the wish tt*. the members to interest
in their transaetions a larger namber of their
fellow-eitiiens than has hitherto taken part
with the asaoeiation. They who are moat
aleaely identified with the assoeiatien. who
have taken tfie nm* aettve diara in its work,
ssxs zids scBgai sbis piaoe for one u£ them*
•alTes, bat have advaneed to it <Mie whose
Malm apon their regard is old dtiaenship.
bat who, having foopd his own professional
dnUM and eares folly e^oal to hie tisM and
, oppottonities, haa oartainly not earned a

name among his neighbors or his kinsfolk as
a follower of soienoe. I ean only hope that
the asaoeiation will not have oaace to regret
Its ehoioe gn>atly. I osn assore it of my best
endeayora to fulfill thedatiea which it expects
of me. I have great pieasare in congratahUt
ing the aseooiation on its assembling again
with not lessened numbers, and with its
members entering on the winter in the enjoy-
ment apparently of good health, and many of
them prepared to take their part in suoh work
as may arise for them. It will be satisfaotery
to the friends to know that so far as profitaUo
oeeopation for the society is concerned, tha
prospects of the season are good, the oppor-
tonitiea for intei changing and enlarging In-
formation will not be few nor unwwthy of
thea time and attention. I beUeve provision
hat been made for every evening in whidi
the association IS to meet, and we may begin
the year with sangoine expectations of a
pleasant as w^ as a profiUble season. Ton
see that the oommittee which andertook the
macagement of this important aod tionUe-
some matter have not been idle. The friend*
who f<»m it are to be eongratolated on 'Hair
saeceesand thanked for their indastiy. Hi
have to thank the gentlemen who eonktitate
that oommittee for proearing the promise of
papers on a varie^ ti sab|eeta whieh
^ perhaps exoeed in interest those
of any previoas year of the ex.
istenoe of the society. And this can bo said
wittioat casting anj refleetioa an th* efforts
of former times, f t ia the daelarad ohiMt c£
the aseoeiaiioii, first of aU, to impiovoltssif,
and jra hope it is to show iapiovMnant in iti
work daring, this hm sverr other yaar.

*'*«'y<«'«}«I*i»» which it wi& be onr
privdaga to listen to ara the work of men who
an ftbsMuH ot tha daj in ^ things oaiAiak

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PMt vdM to na. rad whoM id«M{ op. ihoft
lopios we waU wormj of our •lunliutkm.
ThoM gradtmm an vUUiig to iuipffi 18^' W
tbdr own knowlodgo, Md it i« bMoming that
«• mako to bo Mm oori^pMoiMian of thoir
MK>n.foroarMlM. bja good rad NgoUr
•tton da n eort tho mttiagi of tho mmmIa-
tion.

1 Mj for our Mko, bat I do not wish to
•mphMiM tho word"OQr.'' It is bj no
BMUMthoparpooo<rfthoMMoi«tioato oon-
•tilat«; M monbon "»MlMt few." Tho
fkiouda who lud the moat to do with iti for-
aution, or, M I ihoald porhapa nthar aaj
ita raoeaatniotion, an gnidtd by • daain to
ipvaod through tha aoamaoitv • tasto for
laqoirj, oaoa^tha powth of a daaira for
•ooorMa knowladgo of oartain topioa, ma
imparfeat inadaqaato hiformation lagwrdiiig
whieh ia highly prajodiaial, wa maf aaj dao-
ferooa.

May I not aay, too, that it ia tha daaira of
tha aaaodation to aid in tha raaovary of our
paople from tha impatna with whieh wo have
oommittad oaraelToa to a eonraa of aalf •in-
dniganoa, of frivohty and diaaipation in lata
yaara t Thaaa are vleaa whieh, hi pa«t timea,
diarsetoriiad dii»fly theeztramea of aoeieiy ;
BOW they threaten to oorrapt tha whole aooial
fabrie. Of old there often iasned from among
the midile elaaaaa grare raflaeiiona, aM
iometimea aeTere aatirea upon the elaaaaa at
either end (rf the aooial Utdder, beeauae of
thehr ezeeeaea. Oan we at preaent aay that
It ia awan doobtfnl if there ia a grade among
US whioh oan with propriety pronoonea jodg^
ment upon tha eondnet of the othera. We may
hope that sooh an aaaoeiation aa thia of onra,
if it have a saooeeefol hiaHwy, will be among
the meanaof giting a more healthy turn to
tha minda and to tha manoera of na all,
eapadallyto the yonng, to show at not only
that Ufa ia worth Uviag, bat that it ia worth
living oamMtly. I have apokan of tha deair-
•blmeaa of mora aoearate knowledge regard-
ing eortain topiea. We are oalled upon by
many to govern oor thoaghta and livaa by
iaientifle and philoaopbie apeealationa with
whieh we have, for the most part, a most in<*
adeqaate aeqaaintanoe, and with regard to
whieh it seems diffloait to obtain a dednite
ooneeption. gtutling propeoiiions are made
to aa. It is demanded of as tltat we give op
old babita of thoaght, ehaoge eld belief a. and
eoltiTate and eetabliah anew moralitv, whieh
inelodea some habita very »ew indeed, ezsept
among basPial Ula. IndM>d tn this aort of
life it is that, it aeems, we are reqaiieid by
tboae who have assnms4 the plaee of in-
itraetora among na, to iHimUateooraolvea.

it ia aartainly needfal for aa to have a
lakoiHadga Qltha gioanda on whioh aa^ pot*

ob|tatohai«.isto^aiMBioathoeagroanda, aa
. sash's? •**• »f the beat of our ablUty.
BdBM-ftUr ligrttftdi. why not lot thaaa thinfi
alone, th«y are too deep and dangamaa for
general diaaoaaioB, they ar« bqpond tha
. avMraga eompcaheoaloB, th^ wiU have their
day, and die? Thia laat wa baliava, bat in
tha meantime thia advoeam (rf a new otdar ol
things, or rath«ir diaordrr, ia worUng evil hi
the midat of aa. and wa may not rafoaa to
asamina Ita pretentima, aa we may not deny
that it ia oar daty to aarva oar ganttration.
Ueeidee the qaeetiona eome to oa for oor
deeiaioB whether wa will or no, and we may
not ahnn thrai withoat bearing tlia ahama of
fearing them.

Inde^ it ia tioM that thoae who tarn away
with diataata from the teaehinga of oar new
lighta ehanged their afttitade, and addreaaed
theoBaelvee to nphold more aetively what
ibey themsalvea beUave. It ia tlva fmr thoae
who atand apon the old ways to be aa maah
idive to oar sarrwandings, aa they are who
wonld try to make aa walk In tho new.
'^Traly thoae new ways, aa f ar aa they an
shown to as, se 4m both hartfol and nnaiean,
and they who walk in them, bcaating aa thqr
go of the light of their reason, are forever aa
aadly akambling aa if they had no light at
all ; patting forth diaeoveriea whieh in no
long time are foand to be miatakea, eoming
to definite eonolaaiona from whieh thn not
anfreqaenUy have to d^iart. They advise aa
to believe nothing whieh eannot be proved by
nnmbara. yet they give ezpraaaion to tha moat
dedded oonvietiona of their own, whieh ean-
not be proved by that teat. To oonvietiona,
indeed, whioh, by the admission of a krga
aeetlon of them, are net provable to oa. "I
know and oan know notbing more than mj
dog," ia a mazim whioh haa been fermahtted
The mazim eontaina a very old eonfeaaion,*
that man's knowledge haa ita bonnda ; bat
tile (rid eonfeesion is more reverently ez«
pressed, and ia atiU raverentty held by very
man* who are by no maana fooliah people. In
what I hikve said I do not mean to have it
anderatood that thia assooiation ia to ooeapy
itself with religioaadiaoassions. Mono woald
objeet to that aentiment mora atrongly than
the religioas men amongat ns. For saeh die*
oassions. they wwld a^ thia ia not tin
plaee. Bat I do mean that we ahoald endeavor
to aoqoamt oarselvee with thinga whieh are
maje to have a bearing on the moral Mid rW«
iigicss condition of tha people,ao tiiat we may

h» tkMm with m lfc»**«M» wmAmmBtaw^Alm^^ sxA *•-

bMter advantage to apeak oar thcnan^ta on
the relation of thoea thinga to inorala and re-
ligion wh«i it ia boedfol for oarselvea or lor
othera that we ahoald do so. It moatba eon-
iaaaadthat oor abiaiitlflo mm and ^hact.

INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

whoiMBdilMrpUiiaariMrplMi intlManU
TMM. Iwj* bMo, Mid SN, to no nuUl azteot
objMlao<di«iid.MiraU m disUka to man j :

Mt WDM WO OOOO BMT tbOM MiMtiAa BOII

. 'P'. *^^ 'oUowm. ud got ttMm ftwM Iram
ihoir neoialty, tboy Mom to booomo M othor
■MB. Tboy BMko miMokM uid mioopment-
•tioni at tiBM liko tlio rwt of as ; th^ avoB
•how • ontoin omifasion now and than, whiah
wa would not amtaei from man of
Ibair ponoita, whiah raqoira auet modaa
of ttumght and azpraaaion. For as-

!?*i*!. J**- H««tay. •» «»• hrta maating of
tha Britiah aaaoaiation at Tork, waa aafaia^y
■•waatio at tha aspe^aa of tha •• ajatam
whiah laqoitad no ona know how manj araa«
mna, for no ona knaw how nunv timaa."
Wall, wbj not t Oan ha prova anjthing bat-
t«r r Ara manj aiaatioaa mora inaradibla
uan ona ? or ara wa. ahat np u oar littla
bodtoa and with oar narrow aomprahanaiona.
joatiflad in ridiaaling tha idaa of anyaraa-
tion t In troth, Mr. Hozlay did not fUrl*
atata tha aaaa againat tha " «yatam" at whiah
ha waa having hia fling. It bj no maana
naladaa avolation-poaaibly it maj axalada
hia avaiation— whila it moat poaitivaly aaaarta
oraation. Did not Mr. Hnxley, ftothar, in ao
ezpraaaing himaalf. pra-jodga theaaaa batwaan
UmaaU and tha •• ayotam" in hia own favor?
Maat a doatrina ba worthy of ridieala baaaoaa
it doaa not aoeommodata itaatf to hia pre.
oanoaptiona? Again. Sir John Labbook;in
Ma addraaa aa praaldant, refwring to avola-
nni.aaid: " Now wa aaa at a glanoa that tha
alripaa af tha tiger have referanea to ita life
among jangle grMaaa." So it maj. bat not
baaaoaa of Sir John Labboak'a avolntion,
althoagh an a?olation may be oonaamed in
it. One eannot help aaking why tha neoeaai-
ma of jangle life did not prodooe atripaa in
many more of the damiana of the jangle aa
wall aa the tigar, and ona aannot hdp aaaing
that tha tandenoy to atridaa ia nearly oniver.
Ml in the oat tribe, whether in the
jangle ar not. The moat distingauhed ex.
eaption to the atripad oharaetw of the felidie
ia tha lion, whoae aniform oolor and otiier
eharaatariltiaa have aaemad to aoma a aoffi-
aiant raaaon for aaparating him with a cenoa
by himaalf.

For tha eolor of the lion. Sir JohnLabboak
alao aacoanta. Haiaaanpy beeaoaa of the
neaaaaitiea of hia daaert life. Bat liona do not
innabitthe deaerta only, or aran ohiefly.
The Afriean eontinent ia not all aandy daaert

nSu u3S3 SfS it^uud BTcrjr whszs is

•uu

betidea he ik. not the only tawny aaimalfin
Afriea. Many (rf the larger animate ot that
eontinent, whoae balk and habita do not #d*
Bit of their dwelling in aandy dMeita, are of
tha fame aol««. For axamplo : amang the

antelope thia oolor pravaUa, f^laf among whiah
ia tha ehmd, a tawny animal.

Onae more, Profaaaor Tyndal apaaka of tha
" problem of problama : how to afloie ieaaon>
able satiafaetion to the rabgiona amtimant
inunoTably fltad in the nature ot man ;"
and he propoaea that it ahonld be relegated
entirely to the domain of the emetiona, iti

Eoper aphare, whUe the intellaat rhoald bo
pt free from embaraaament by it. It haa
been well aaid in reply, that wa eannot Uviah
oar roTerenoe, oar Ioto, and oar traat on a
Ood who, aoeording to oar aaienoe, haa no
being ; and may we not aak at the aame time,
how aame man to be involvad with an ale-
nient of oharaater ao groondlaaa and yet ao
inaradieable f Man ia aaid by Okan to bo
the earn total of the animahi. Ti^e leligiooa
aentiment la aarely no where aeen in tha
animala. from ont of whiah ha ia aaid to have
prooaedad. Theae have no vain expeatationa,
whereaa man wiU olinn to a hope whieb be«
oomea more ardent and mora deflnite, and a
more important fetnro in hia daily life, ia
proportion aa the inflaenae of religion and
the knowledge of it growa within him. Bat
if aeiantifla men have been led to haaty eon-
elnaiona with raapeot to mattera whieh, aofar,
•eemed beyond the boanda of adanee, their
work within their own domain haa pat the
world under endaring obligationa to them.
Bveiy year ia more fmitfal in reanlta from
their eontinned inveatictationa, and the field
of knowledge haa by them been ao well pre-
pared that now an anpratended oaltivator in
a eoner of it obtaina a retam for hia Ubor
greater far than he bad been looking for.

The telephone aeema to have grown in thia
n^ ao to rpeak, ander the eye of the die*
aovarera of thia mode of magnetie inflaenea.
Mr. Bell had other enda in view wh«n he
lighted apon the tranamiasion of apaeeh by
wire from ear to ear for milea. He waa
buaying himaelf about obtaining, by magnet*
iam, eigne for ideas for hia deaf mute papila,
and k), he foand the meana of eonveying
worda to the eara of thoae who were not deaf.
Lately too we have heard of the diaaeope, by
meana of whioh a« mueh may ba done for tlia
eye, aa the telephone haa done for the ear.
Thia inatrumeot aeema to be of Pariaiab
birth, and of ooone the flrat ase of it haa
been to enable a aiok Frenebman, from hia
darkened room to aee the performanee in a
diatant theater while by meana of tha
telephone he ooald at the aame time hear the
play.

Among the things of interest whieh we owe
to aeienee of hite yeara ia the light thrown
upon tbe formatioo of mctallie oraa. The
oryataUiae roeka with whioh these are foond
Meodated have been sabjeeted to miaoroaoop*
ual examinationa. Of theae roeka aeotiona

INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

Mr* made, m thin m to b« quit* tnnipftnnt.
Thate MotioD« are plaoad ondw glMiM of
highly rnagnif jing powtr, and thus an not
only the euential oonititiionti of tht ro«k,
bat others whieh ere eoeeeaory. The pro-
eewMe of deoonpoeition eud dielnt«in»tioD
ere obeerted, end reoogniied es origiaeting
the eeewMory meteriel elreedy mentioned,
and whieh by eaelviie i* foontf to ooniiit ci
mftellie orM, and ao are leen the atepa by
whieh metals are formed from the rooka in
which they originally appear. Thna it ie seen
that our seientific enqairers haye beaten their

Sredeeesaors, the aatrologers and alohymiste,
1 at least one respect. Their efforts at the
diseovery of the elixir ol life have been rather
r failure so far, hot they have made some
progress in the search for the philoeopher's
•tone. Who knows bat that some day we
may know how to decompose certain qoarti
rocks for oarselTes, and so, by farther chem>
ioal opetations, to tarn them Inte gold. Alas,
then, for the valae of the " precioas metals "
now so-called. There will be no dlfBenlty
whatever in keeping them in the eoantry.
Mnch good may they do there.

Time woald fail to tell all the advantages
which we enjoy from the unremitting labors
ol scientific men, end in tliis meeting it ie
net necessary to do more than refer to them.
Every one here has personal and daily ex-
perience of the vast activity which those lab-
orers have added to haman life. Nay, will
not all M ready to assert the impmrtance
of the general good of tho oontinaance of
those kbors 7 Knowlsdge has done so mooh
for as, has oarried as on so far. and has
eansed to arise in as sach expectations that
if it shoald fail to advanee now it woald be
felt to be more disastroas than if it had
neve&' come to oar help at all. Having been
told of steam and electricity and their varioos
nees, oar deeire " for more" is greater than
Having given men saeh power, knew*>

ledge mast farther look to it that than ii •
way open for the oss el that power. It can-
not be said to have, so far, made man's fntora
look brighter than bdote, and I do not know
that it has, on tho whole, inccaaeed his hap-
pineee as maeh as is oUimed fbr it. lor there
stems as great a disproportion aa ever be-
tween man's deeifee and the means of giving
them satiMaetien, and the vanity of liis de-
•iree is made manifeet as often aa it was wool
to be ; bat it has made itself n ecessa r y, ia aa
far aa it has inereaaed hia power for good and
evil. The men who have most know*
ledge have most power for both theae
ends, and if that pown is left in
the poeeession of a few they will certainly
abase it, to the grief <rfthe rest of as, jast aa
the elaaaea of men who have had
ezclaaive poaaeseion of knowledge have done
in all agea. Knowledge leada and men maat
follow, bat it ia of oonaeqoenoe to the aaefal-
neaa of the leader, and to the aafety of thoee
led, that the rebitiona of the partiee ehonld be
reasonably intimate, and that they ehonld be
in elear sight ol each other at least

Thna far in commendatimi of the pnrpoae
of thia aaaoeiation, and perhapa thoee who
listen may have eometo the conelaaion that,
considering all which has really been said,
the time occapied has been sufficiently long.
I shall make only one more remark. It re-
lates to another important benefit which
oomes from seeking nnderstanding. I mean
the dieeipline andcoltore which we get by
the way. Knowledge paffeth ap, bat the oh*
staelee which are toand in the way of its at-
tainment in any perfection may hamble not
a few of aa, and convince na of the danger
of baaing too mnch on the oncertain founda-
tion of what we know. It ia long aince it
haa been aaid, we know in part. Little elae
ean be aaid now. That wmch ia perfeot haa
not appeared above oar borison aa yet.