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Address Delivered at the Opening of the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists
Excerpt from Address Delivered at the Opening of the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists: Held in London, September 5, 1892 It is generally at the end, not at the beginning of scientific meetings that votes of thanks are proposed. But in our case, when we owe our very existence to the valuable help received from so many quarters, it seems but right that we should express our gratitude at the very outset. Our first thanks are due to H. K. H. the Duke of York, for having granted us that sympathy and gracious support without which, I am afraid, our Congress would never have drawn its first breath, and our labours might indeed have been in vain. We could not venture to disturb a father'...
