376 Mr. Moore in Beply to Mr. Murray, 



that Mr. Murray should have garbled one, 7ioliccd all, but 



ANSWERED NONE OF THEM ! ! 



Mr. Murray says I asked him how the individual becomes 

 reanimated. Here he has garbled my question, even whilst he 

 was complaining of my pei'verting his language. To convince 

 you who is guilty of the wilfid or malignant perversion of lan- 

 guage, I will transcribe from period to period that which I did 

 state, which I shall place on one side, whilst that, wliich Mr. 

 Murray said I did state, I will place on the other side. 



My question to Mr. Mur- Mr. Murray's quotation of 



ray, Phil. Mag. vol. Ix. p. 64, it with quotation marks, Phil, 

 was, " If it be as Mr. Murray Mag. voL Ix. p. 186 : "Mr. 

 has stated, that the air under- Murray has stated that the 

 goes no change whatever, how air undergoes no change wliat- 

 is it the individual becomes ever." 

 reanimated ? He says it is ab- 

 siu"d to give a continued su]}- 

 ply of fresh air to an individ ual, 

 until the natural respiration 

 returns." 



Gentlemen, Mr. Murray's statement of his own words is 

 also garbled, for which see Phil. Mag. vol. lix. page 374, and 

 vol. Ix. page 186; yet he has placed to them the marks of 

 quotation, and had them printed in italics. I will give you 

 one more specimen of Mr. Murraj^s carelessness. In Phil. 

 Mag. vol. lix. at the top of page 374, he has actually stated 

 I signed my name Mr. John INIoore, Jun. for he has placed 

 quotation marks to Mr. 



He may say, that in Phil. Mag. vol. Ix. p. 172, lie has 

 given an excuse for his mis-statements. It is, " (for in truth I 

 very seldom read over what I have written, certainly never 

 take or retain a copy of my communications.)" If a man pub- 

 lishes without readino- what he has written, the meaning thereof 

 may not only be that which he did not intend, but also that 

 which he cannot find an argument to support. 



If Mr. Murray had read two or thiee times some of his 

 communications which refer to me, I think they would haVe 

 been divested of several words which they now letain, and 

 been otherwise much improved. 



Gentlemen, 

 I remain respect full}', S:c. 



Lawrence-Hill, Bristol, 2Gth Oct. 1822. JoHN MoORE, Jun. 



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