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as a technique and in value to the technical and economic world, and to the scientific 
world at large. 
We have attended here a real British Congress with all the typical things of 
the great British people. Yesterday we experienced a little bit the difference between 
the temper of the British public servants and that of most continentals who are not 
always blessed with so much good humour and good sense as we experienced yester 
day evening. This always makes it a pleasure for us to watch. 
In our Institute at Delft we have a number of small cartoons drawn by one 
of our former British students. They are marvellous; they are still there. They are 
used to illustrate and to make acceptable the often rather disagreeable regulations 
of life in the house. This could only have been done by an Englishman because of 
the way in which it makes disagreeable things acceptable. 
On behalf of all of you, I express our wholehearted thanks for all you have 
done for the International Society to make this Congress a great success. We hope 
that we can rely upon you, and in particular on your President of today, for the 
future. I am sure we can derive great benefit from this typical British quality in 
our Society. (Applause.) 
The President: Most graciously said; and may I accept your applause with 
real thanks, and I hope with equal grace, on behalf of all the British workers here. 
There remains one last, pleasant task for me to perform. It is said that we 
all stand upon the shoulders of our predecessors. I am not going to ask Paes Clemente 
to climb physically on to mine; I merely induct him into the Chair, wish him luck, 
and assure him of our support. 
Dr A. Paes Clemente, the newly elected President, then assumed the Chair. 
He thanked the assembly for having placed so much confidence in him personally 
and in his colleagues of the Portuguese Society who would be assuming with him the 
duties of the ISP Administration for the next four years, and in the ability of the 
Portuguese to undertake the heavy responsibility of organising the next congress. 
He assured members of the I S P that, relying on the cordial support he knew he 
could expect from them and from many others interested in Photogrammetry, he 
would strive to the utmost of his ability to conduct the affairs of the Society to its 
best advantage and in accordance with tradition. 
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