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and his philosophy indifferent poetry : and to 

 whom I have been often accustomed to apply 

 Blumenbach's saying, that there were many 

 things new and many things true in his doc- 

 trines ; but that what was new was not true, 

 and what was true was not new. 



PoiET. — I think HaUeus is quite in the 

 right to be a Httle angry at your observation, 

 Physicus, in making him a disciple of a writer, 

 who, as well as I can recollect, has deduced 

 the genesis of the human being, by a succes- 

 sion of changes dependant upon irritabilities, 

 sensibilities, and appetencies, from the Jish ; 

 blending the wild fancies of Buffon with the 

 profound ideas of Hartley, and thus endea- 

 vouring to give currency to an absurd ro- 

 mance, by mixing with it some philosophical 

 truths. I hope your parallel will induce him 

 to do us the favour to state his own notions 

 more at large. 



Hal. — Physicus has mistaken me ; and I 

 will explain. What I mentioned of the varieties 

 of dogs as sprung from one type, he will, I 

 am sure, allow me to apply, with some modi- 

 fications, to all our cultivated breeds of ani- 



