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" There are three things which cerrainly diftinguifh- 

 " ed CuUen in a very eminent manner as a profeflbr. 



" The energy of his mind, by which he viewed 

 *• every fubjeft with ardour, and combined it imme- 

 ♦' diately with the whole of his knowledge. 



" The fcentific arrangements which he gave to his 

 " fubjecl, by which there was a lucidus ordo to the 

 '* duUeft fcholar. He was the firll perfcn in this coun- 

 " try who made chemittry ceafe to be a chaos. 



♦' A wonderful art of interefting the ftudents in 

 " every thing which he taught, and of railing an emu- 

 " lative enthufiafm among them." 



Let it not, however, be imagined, becaufe of thefe 

 juft eulogiums, that the writer of this article wiflies to 

 reprefent Doctor CuUen as a perfeft charaiSler, uUerly 

 devoid of faults : Far from it. To fay that he ne,ver 

 deviated into error, would not only be abfard, but it 

 would be to contradift, in direft terms, the defcriptioii 

 that has been given, of the peculiar bent of his talents, 

 and of his peculiar difpofition of mind. It is impoT- 

 fible that men of fuch a lively imagination as he was, 

 whatever be the ftretch of their talents, fhould not at 

 times lofe fight of IclTer objefls, when contemplating 

 thofe of great importance. The diftingnilhing cha- 

 rafteriftics of men of great talents, have ever been ra- 

 ther great beauties thanpn exemption from faults. The 

 works of Shakefpear abound with defers that writers 

 of a inediocrity of talents ne%'er could have been guilty 

 of — and fo it was perhaps with CuUen. It was, how- 

 ever, a peculiar excellence, refulting from the mode of 

 analyfis that CuUen daily adopted in his fearch after 

 truth, that his pupils thus became habituated to fnch a 

 flrift method of reafoning, and fuch a careful difcrimi- 

 nation of circumftances, th«t they were enabled eafily 

 to perceive the cafual errors even of their preceptor 

 himfelf ; and no fooner did thefe occur to himlelf, 

 (which was often the cafe,^ or were pointed out by 

 others, than he inflantly not only relinquilhed them. 





