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quitted the house. So long was she deprived of 

 fresh air, that when she again faced the open breeze 

 it was more than she could bear. If such conduct 

 as this is rare, so is the power of inspiring such 

 devoted affection ; therefore we add to the renown 

 of Lamarck, when it is told what his children 

 endured for his sake. Lamarck died on the i8th 

 December, 1829, aged eighty-five, and left two sons 

 and two daughters behind him. Full of ability 

 and perseverance, he has left such monuments of 

 industry and solid learning behind him, that his 

 favourite theory, containing indeed the germs of 

 truth, may be well pardoned. People who know 

 nothing of his good work, laugh at his memory ; 

 but every true student of nature constantly recog- 

 nizes his obligations to the founder of philosophical 

 zoology. 



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