Excerpt from The Annual Address Before the Harvard Natural History Society, 1853 WE have the honor of informing you that the Natural History Society unanimously voted that a copy of your highly interesting and instruo ive Address be requested for publication. The Address not only defined clearly and satisfactorily the true place and objects of the science of Natural History, and defended the study of nature from the imputations which are sometimes cast upon it, but also treated with great soundness and liberality of many extremely important questions of general interest. Deeming your remarks upon these subjects worthy of a more careful consideration than could be given at a single hearing, we trust that you will comply with the request of the Society. 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.