Xi By Re Ejsls Ae Oe Be nicating to the Public fuch ufeful facts as they may have een enabled to afcertain with regard to that particular

branch of their art, without endeavouring to extend

their obfervations to every other branch thereof, or thinking it a duty incumbent upon them to give a phy-

{ical inveftigation of the caufe of every phenomenon;

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which too often tends to divert the mind from attend- ing to ufeful facts, and to lead it, in fearch of a phan 1e brain, into the inextricable mazes of error. Hor although a Bacon or a Newton may fometimes appear, whofe towering genius is capable of taking a comprehenfive furvey of Nature,—of comparing the dence that each part has upon another, and the relation it bears to the whole,—of tracing out the laws by which they are united or disjoined, and of thus

xalting an art into’ a{cience; yet as there are but few who are thus peculiarly favoured by Heaven, it is be- coming in others, who have reafon to feel that they are

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not poflefled of fuch fuperlative abilities, to be more

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humble in their aim, and to content themfelves with moving ina lefs exalted fphere. Yet, how natural is it \o{e heart is ever ie{c oti} l f Ta eae

1ole Heart is ever iulceptible of the impreflions

nd whofe mind mutt always be delighted with

thet Sones See ne me