The present members of the Society, as well as the general public, may have certain ideas as to the utility and importance of its work in the past, without any definite conception of the varied and comprehensive character of the very thorough methods adopted in the course of their labours by the long line of distinguished men who joined in carrying out the Society's objects. It is well that now, at the close of nearly two centuries, through the public spirit of Lord Ardilaun, the details can be systematised, and some account in historical shape be given of its endeavours, so that the innumerable obligations under which our country stands to generations of Irishmen who have worked for the common good under its auspices may be recognised.

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