Excerpt from Address Delivered by Mr. Raymond Poincar , President of the French Republic, Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, 1914-1919, on November 13th, 1919 These regrets are not the only ones I have to express to you. I have remained for five years a debtor Of yours. I have derogated for five years from your tradi tions. Twice did you do me the favour Of prolonging exceptionally my Rectorship, in order to give me the Opportunity Of delivering before you the usual address. 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.