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Some years ago a Greek poet sang d/crtg deXtoio. . . . No sooner was 

 this reported to Oxford by the Daily Telegraph, than sounds of /3peKe/fe:^ 

 /cod /cod resounded from Port Meadow to the Water-walks of Magdalen. 

 A small but earnest band of men assembled, and after long and anxious 

 deliberation determined "that virtue is commendable." From such small 

 germs sprang the great scheme which I now press upon you. 



The Radcliffe Infirmary must be removed. It seems impossible, now 

 the Bodleian Library and Botanical Gardens have found a home in the 

 Parks, that the Radcliffe Infirmary should any longer remain in isolation, 

 far off in the swamps of Jericho, and separated moreover from the Library 

 of the same name. One great building only is missing, and that is the 

 Radcliffe Infirmary. The Clinical Professor with his Laboratory and 

 Lecture Rooms are there, but the beds and their inmates remain aloof. 

 Such a separation cannot but be injurious to both. 



Once place the Infirmary in the Parks in its true connection with the 

 Museum, and the advantages which would accrue to Science and the 

 public are countless. Let me enumerate a small portion of them. By 

 connecting the Infirmary with the New Observatory, the phenomena of 

 lunacy may be studied in relation with the librations of our Satellite. Its 

 connection with the Physical Laboratory will enable the Professor to in- 

 vestigate the Statics of overtime patients, the temperature of meetings, the 

 gravity of suggestions, and the moments of inertia of Governors generally. 

 The Pathologist may study Elephantiasis Grsecorum either from its classical 

 side, or with the aid of Elephas lately placed in the court. Some patients 

 would offer a field of research to the Professor of Entomology ; nor need 

 the Professor of Anthropotomy lack objects of interest. Again, to prevent 

 the dissemination of narrow and false views of nature and treatment by 

 patients on their discharge, a portion of the adjacent Bodleian Library 

 would be fitted up as a Convalescent Ward, and patients copiously 

 supplied with MSS. suitable to their age and nationality. 



The Quarterly Courts of the Infirmary would form as constant a nucleus 

 for intercourse among students as they would furnish matter for study to 

 several Professors ; for example, the discussions there held would furnish 

 ample material for the Professors of Logic, of Moral Philosophy, and of 

 Metaphysics, while the finances would occupy the attention of the Professor 

 of Political Economy ; for which reason, if for no other, it becomes im- 

 perative that these Professors with their chairs should be removed to the 

 Museum, as in no other way can their subjects as a whole be studied. 

 It may be objected to my scheme that I have not consulted the Professors 

 concerned. This I consider of no moment ; their objections, if any, are 

 temporary, and will speedily be relinquished. 



The aesthetic and historical reasons alleged against the removal seem to 



