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covery and to widen the basis of philosophy. He 

 spoke pleasantly of his English friends, and highly of 

 Professor Owen, whose labours in teleological anatomy 

 he greatly valued, and whose papers on the Aye Aye 

 (Chironiys) of Madagascar he used to cite as a model 

 of what a scientific paper should be. When the 

 British Association met in Edinburgh in 1850, Pro- 

 fessor Goodsir was elected president of the physio- 

 logical and zoological department, and discharged his 

 duty with his wonted ability and success. 



