14D INTRODLCTORY ADDRESSES. 



about it, or as though he did hot here, and in tliat region of art, to which 

 this and the statues of the Apostles belonged, feel the wonted confidence 

 of his genius. 



As to our judgement of the relation of this man to his art and to his 

 age; he went back to the ancient world and to the circle of ancient 

 ideas and conceptions of the world. He became so great only because 

 he, like the spiritually allied Winckelmann, reproduced the ancients with 

 whose artistic conceptions his own were homogeneous. 



But however much imbued with the spirit of antiquity, however clas- 

 sical in his taste and plastic imagination, Thorwaldsen still felt the power 

 of that deeper truth in which he had been born, and strove to embody 

 it and express it by his art. This is the origin of those works, Clirist 

 and the twelve Apostles, which he prepared for a church of his native 

 city. His expression, "/ hclicve I have attained if. at lasf,''^ uttered at the 

 completion of his statue of Christ, are a proof how deeply he was im- 

 pressed with the sublimity of the idea which he here strove to exhibit, 

 and that he was never satisfied with his efibrts may indicate the loftiness 

 of his conception of the God-man. 



Introduclory Lectures delivered at the Opening of the Course in 

 Pennsylvania Medical College. Winter of 1845 and '40. 



The lectures of Drs. Atlee and Wiltbank remain to receive our trib- 

 ute of praise. We freely accord to them a high degree of commenda- 

 tion. They are both eminently worthy of an attentive peru.«al, and can- 

 not fail to impress the reader favorably in regard to the enlightened judg- 

 ment, and professional attainments of their authors. 



Dr. Atlee, the Professor of Chemistry, has selected as his theme, the 

 Chemical relations of the Human Body witli surrounding agents. To 

 say that he has handled it well would be inadequate praise, we think 

 it has been discussed admirably, and is adapted to be profitable both to 

 the head and heart. 



Chemistry has made rapid advaiices within a few years ; it is indeed 

 adding every day to the riches of its spoils. Cultivated extensively both 

 in F.urope and America, employing some of the best minds on earth, it 

 is exploring the extensive field opened to it with unexampled brilliancy 

 and success. 



Organic Chemistry is advancing with rapid strides, and new light is 

 continually thrown on animal processes and the relations of external ob- 

 jects to the operations of the animal economy. Dr. Liebig, an eminent 



