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scriptions, have been erected to the memory 

 of Mr. Brown and his works. Such, mdeed,- 

 is the enthusiasm of his admirers, that- 

 many of them, I am persuaded, would riot 

 only approve of his system being extended 

 over another quarter of the globe, but 

 would wish, that " the great globe itself' 

 could be new modelled upon that system ; 

 and be made in every part, like one of his 

 dressed places.* Could their vfish be car- 



* The late Mr. Owen Cambridge very pleasantly 

 laughed at Brown's vanity, by assigning him a higher 

 sphere for his operations than any of ii ose I have men- 

 tioned. He ^vas vapouring one day, ;is Mr. Cambridge 

 himself told me, about the change he had mar^c in the 

 face of the country, and his hope of seeing \Aj plans much 

 more generally extended before he died. Mr. Cambri'^ge 

 with great gravity said, ^^ Mr. Brown, 1 very earnestly 

 wish that I may die before you ;" *' why so ?" said Brown 

 with great surprise ; " because," said he," " I should 

 like to see heaven before you had improved it." 



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