E nature
of the instruction offered; namely--The Relations of Natural
History to Geology and the Arts; On
the Value of an Extended Knowledge of Mineralogy and the Processes
of Mining; On the Science of Geology and its Applications; On the
Importance of Special
Scientific Knowledge to the Practical Metallurgist; and On the
Importance
of Cultivating Habits of Observation. You must remember, that the
institution is a government school of mines as well as a museum of
geology. In connection with this, it may be mentioned that the Society
of Arts are discussing a project for the 'affiliation' of all the
literary,
philosophical, scientific, and mechanics' institutions
throughout the kingdom,
with a view to render them less languid and more beneficial than too
many of them now are. Unity
of purpose effected wonders with the Great Exhibition; and it is
though
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