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of our Fellows, Dr. Harney, whose name deserves 

 to be ever remembered, became however their 

 purchaser, and afterwards gave them to his col- 

 leagues. Harvey himself contributed munificently 

 to the substantial welfare of the College. A few 

 years before his death "the Fellows," we are told 

 "attended at the College when the doors were 

 thrown open, and Harvey, receiving his assembled 

 colleagues in the new museum, made over to them 

 on the spot the title-deeds and his whole interest 

 in the building," which, says Aubrey, was a noble 

 building of Roman architecture, containing "a 

 great parlour, a kind of convocation room for the 

 Fellows to meet in below, and a library above." 

 This gift preceded that of his patrimonial estate 

 with which the establishment of this oration is 

 connected. From these particulars, drawn from 

 that excellent work, the "College Roll," from the 

 pen of our esteemed colleague Dr. Munk, it is 

 brought home to us how vastly altered the position 

 of the College now is ; and I think I shall stand 

 in accord with the opinion of others when I say 

 that I consider the best kind of benefaction that 



