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questions; to be as ashamed of undue haste and 

 partisan prejudice in the one case as in the other; 

 and to beheve that the machinery of society is at 

 least as delicate as that of a spinning- jenny, and as 

 little likely to be improved by the meddling of 

 those who have not taken the trouble to master the 

 principles of its action. 



In conclusion, I am sure that I make myself the 

 mouthpiece of all present in offering to the vener- 

 able founder of the Institution, which now com- 

 mences its beneficent career, our congratulations 

 on the completion of his work; and in expressing 

 the conviction, that the remotest posterity will 

 point to it as a crucial instance of the wisdom 

 which natural piety leads all men to ascribe to 

 their ancestors. 



