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ON THE STUDY OF BIOLOGY 



[1876] 



IT is my duty to-night to speak about the study 

 of Biology, and while it may be that there are 

 many of my audience who are quite familiar with 

 that study, yet as a lecturer of some standing, 

 it would, I know by experience, be very bad 

 policy on my part to suppose such to be exten- 

 sively the case. On the contrary, I must imagine 

 that there are many of you who would like to 

 know what Biology is ; that there are others who 

 have that amount of information, but would never- 

 theless gladly hear why it should be worth their 

 while to study Biology ; and yet others, again, to 

 whom these two points are clear, but who desire to 

 learn how they had best study it, and, finally, 

 when they had best study it. 



I shall, therefore, address myself to the endeavour 



