you have
bestowed upon the long argument which I have had the honour to lay
before you.

[1] The absence of any keel on the breast-bone and some other
osteological peculiarities, observed by Professor Marsh,
however, suggest that _Hesperornis_ may be a modification of a
less specialised group of birds than that to which these
existing aquatic birds belong.

[2] I use the word "type" because it is highly probable that many
forms of _Anchitherium_-like and _Hipparion_-like animals
existed in the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, just as many species
of the horse tribe exist now; and it is highly improbable that
the particular species of _Anchitherium_ or _Hipparion_, which
happen to have been discovered, should be precisely those which
have formed part of the direct line of the horse's pedigree.

[3] Since this lecture was delivered, Professor Marsh has discovered
a new genus of equine mammals (_Eohippus_) from the lowest
Eocene deposits of the West, which corresponds very nearly to
this description.--_American Journal of Science_, November,
1876.

BALTIMORE.

ADDRESS ON UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.[1]

The actual work of the University founded in this city by the
well-considered munificence of Johns Hopkins commences to-morrow, and
among the many marks of confidence and good-will which have been
bestowed upon me in the United States, there is none which I value more
highly than that conferred by the authorities of the University when
they invited me to deliver an address on such an occasion.

For the event which has brought us together is, in many respects,
unique. A vast property is handed over to an administrative body,
hampered by no conditions save these;--That the principal shall not be
employed in building: that the funds shall be appropriated, in equal
proportions, to the promotion of natural knowledge and to the
alleviation of the bodily sufferings of mankind; and, finally, that
neither political nor ecclesiastical sectarianism shall be permitted to
disturb the impartial distribution of the testator's benefactions.

In my experience of life a truth which sounds very much like a paradox
has often asserted itself; namely, that a man's worst difficulties begin
when he is able to do as he likes. So long as a man is struggling with
obstacles he has an excuse for failure or shortcoming;