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trast the refined and amiable Sir Charles Bell formed 

 with Majendie ! Majendie and the French school of 

 anatomy made themselves odious by their cruelty, 

 and failed to prove the true anatomy of the brain 

 and nerves, while Sir Charles Bell did succeed, and 

 thus made one of the greatest physiological dis- 

 coveries of the age without torturing animals, which 

 his gentle and kiiidly nature abhorred. To Lady 

 Bell I am indebted for a copy of her husband's Life. 

 She is one of my few dear and valued friends who 

 are still alive. 



* * * * * 

 While in Paris, I lost my dear mother. She died 



at the age of ninety, attended by my brother 

 Henry. She was still a fine old lady, with few 

 grey hairs. The fear of death was almost hereditary 

 in the Charters family, and my mother possessed it 

 in no small degree ; yet when it came, she was 

 perfectly composed and prepared for it. I have 

 never had that fear ; may God grant that I may be 

 as calm and prepared as she was. 



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I was in better health, but still so delicate that I 

 wrote in bed till one o'clock. The " Connexion of 

 the Physical Sciences " was a tedious work, and 

 the proof sheets had to be sent through the Embassy. 



M. Arago told me that David, the sculptor, 



