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ner and a wig-maker, the result will always be, that 

 the poor imposed student, after working four years for 

 his A. B., can only say, I have learned " Ex omnibus 

 aliquid, et ex toto nihil." (A little of every thing, and 

 nothing in the end.) 



I have no intention or disposition to ridicule what 

 is really a proper object of lamentation ; but to one ac- 

 customed to the magnificent and extensive Cabinets of 

 Natural History, which are always considered an in- 

 dispensable part of the Universities of Europe, the 

 Cabinets or Musuems of our Colleges, containing a few 

 pebbles, the skin of a rattlesnake, the broken shoulder 

 bone of a mastadon, and such like articles, can hardly 

 fail of exciting a smile, even though it be accompani- 

 ed with a tear of pity. 



Some few years ago, the President of one of our 

 Western Colleges, showed me their Museum, which 

 contained many such wonderful articles as I have 

 mentioned, and besides these precious specimens, a 

 pair of black satin breeches, suspended by the waist 

 and with the legs extended, like those we see hanging 

 in front of every tailor's shop, and near by, also sus- 

 pended on the wall, an old German tobacco pipe made 

 of wood, and having a very long stem. When I ex- 

 pressed some surprise that such paraphernalia consti- 

 tuted a part of their College Cabinet, the President 

 replied, " These breeches are the same identical ones 



