Excerpt from Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. 18: Nineteenth Annual Meeting Held at Carnegie Library, Pittsburg, Pa., August 18, 19 and 20, 1896 From the peculiarly economic standpoint, the investigator himself reaps very little return in fame or wealth. But the pathway is broadened and made plain to discoveries which enrich the world. You are representatives of those who with the microscope have carried our knowledge downward into the deep, while the astronomer gazing upward has made his way. Nature is most to be admired in things that are least known. I welcome you in this ancient city, the city of industries, in which you will find anything that you wish to see, from a beautiful spectroscope, perfect in all its adjustments, to the grosser parts of such a mechanism as the man-oi - war where we make anything from a tack to a locomotive or an ocean steamer. I welcome you to a city in which we have some thing more than industries. Standing on the companion way of a steamer a few days ago, I overheard a young lady say. Where are those people from Her escort replied, From Pittsburg. She said, Where they have nothing but smoke and money. We have a great deal of smoke at times and there is a little money to be picked up in odd nooks and corners, Iam told by some. But we have other things. This beautiful building, the gift of one of our citi zens, the home of art and science; also the extensive park and conservatory. We have schools, colleges, hospitals and churches and learned societies and all those things that go to make the city a desirable place of residence in Spite of its smoke. We have something better - a disposition to grow in knowledge and to make advancement in all lines Open to us. In the name of my fellow-citizens and the Iron City Microscopical Society I extend to you all a most hearty welcome. 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.