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ON THE STUDY OF BIOLOGY 

 [1876] 



It is my duty to-night to speak about the study 

 of Biology, and while it may be that there are 

 many of my audience who are quite familiar with 

 that study, yet as a lecturer of some standing, it 

 would, I know by exi)erience, be very bad policy 

 on my part to suppose such to be extensively the 

 case. On the contrary, I must imagine that there 

 are many of you who would like to know what 

 Biology is; that there are others who have that 

 amount of information, but would nevertheless 

 gladly hear wliy it should be worth their while to 

 study Biology; and yet others, again, to whom 

 these two points are clear, but who desire to learn 

 how tliey had best study it, and, finally, when they 

 had best study it. 



I shall, tlierefore, address myself to the cn- 

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