Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. ^ 



tures to the public a very wide range was given to his 

 subjects. He was not often on the lecture platform, but 

 there are several mentions of lectures in the Kentucky 

 Reporter for the years 1820 to 1822 that are interesting, 

 inasmuch as they show us how he occupied some of 

 the leisure of college life. Among these notices the 

 following are characteristic of the man : 



&quot;TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY. 



Professor Rafinesque will deliver a Public Lecture, introductory to 

 a course of Medical Botany Medical Mineralogy Medical Zoology &c, 

 in the Chapel of the University, on Wednesday next, 2ist Nov. at 

 12 o clock. The Medical Professors, Students etc. are invited to 

 attend as well as the ladies and gentlemen of Lexington.&quot; 



&quot;If the weather should prove unfavorable it will be postponed 

 to the next Saturday at the same hour.&quot; (Kentucky Reporter, Novem 

 ber 19, 1821.) 



The next year his public lectures appear to have taken 

 an entirely different direction. They then seemed to 

 have been suggested by his studies on the matter which 

 was finally included in his historical works or works on 

 ancient nations. The psychological tendency of his 

 researches is evident from the notices which are here 



reproduced : 



&quot;A PUBLIC LECTURE.&quot; 



&quot; On the Human Mind will be delivered (weather permitting) 

 on the 22iid of April, Monday next, at 12 o clock in the Chapel of 

 Transylvania University by Prof. Rafinesque as an Introductory to 



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