'This Association believes that every member of the Corresponding Society should pay his own travelling expenses; and has no objection at all to the members of the Corresponding society pursuing their investigations for as long as they please, as long as they pay for themselves.

'The members of the Corresponding Society are now informed that their proposal to pay the postage of their letters, and the cost of sending their parcels, has been considered by this Association. This Association considers that this proposal is worthy of the great minds from which it came. Therefore the Association is very happy to agree with this proposal.'

A casual observer, adds the secretary, whose notes we rely on for the following account - a casual observer might possibly have noticed nothing extraordinary in the bald head, and circular spectacles, which were intently turned towards the secretary's face, during the reading of the above resolutions. But the sight was indeed an interesting one to those who knew Pickwick and knew that his gigantic brain was working beneath that forehead, and that the beaming eyes of Pickwick were twinkling behind his glasses.

Vocabulary:

Pursuing: Here it means 'doing, carrying out'.
Please: Here it means 'as long as they want to'.
Proposal: Suggestion.
Postage: Cost of the stamps.
Worthy: Of a suitable value.
Casual : Not very interested.
Account: Story.
Intently: With serious concentration.
Resolutions: Thing decided by a meeting.
Beaming: Smiling like the sun.
Twinkling: Shining with interest or amusement.