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author * of the Calligraphia Greca. He was not long, 
however, in perceiving the immense superiority of one of 
his pupils, and he recognized, with praiseworthy modesty, 
that in their common studies the true tutor was not 
always he who bore that title. At this period Young 
drew up, continually referring to the original sources, a 
detailed analysis of the numerous systems of philosophy 
which were professed in the different schools of Greece. 
His friends spoke of this work with the most lively ad- 
miration. I know not whether the public is destined 
ever to see it. At all events it was not without influence 
on the life of its author, for in giving himself up to an 
attentive and minute examination of the singularities 
(to use a mild term) with which the conceptions of the 
Greek philosophers teemed, Young perceived the attach- 
ment which he retained to the principles of the sect in 
which he was born became weakened. However, he did 
not separate entirely from it till some years afterwards, 
during his sojourn in Edinburgh. 
The little studious colony at Youngsbury quitted the 
country during some months in the winter to reside in 
London. During one of these excursions Young met 
with a teacher worthy of him. He was initiated into 
chemisiry by Dr. Higgins,{ whose name I can the less 
dispense with mentioning since, in spite of his earnest and 
frequent remonstrances, there was an obstinate disincli- 
nation to acknowledge the share which legitimately be- 
longed to him in the establishment of the theory of 
* Mr. Hodgkin. 
7 This work is not mentioned by Dr. Peacock.— Translator. 
¢ The share borne by Dr. Higgins in the suggestion or discovery of 
the atomic theory has been variously estimated. For an apparently 
perfectly fair view of the case, the reader is referred to Dr. Daubeny’s 
Atomic Theory, p. 33.— Translator. 
