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ON THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE 

 NATURAL HISTOEY SCIENCES 



[1854.] 



THE subject to which I have to beg your atten- 

 tion during the ensuing hour is " The Relation of 

 Physiological Science to other branches of Know- 

 ledge." 



Had circumstances permitted of the delivery, 

 in their strict logical order, of that series of dis- 

 courses of which the present lecture is a member, 

 I should have preceded my friend and colleague 

 Mr. Henfrey, who addressed you on Monday last ; 

 but while, for the sake of that order, I must beg 

 you to suppose that this discussion of the Educa- 

 tional bearings of Biology in general does precede 

 that of Special Zoology and Botany, I am rejoiced 

 to be able to take advantage of the light thus 

 already thrown upon the tendency and methods of 

 Physiological Science. 



Regarding Physiological Science, then, in its 



