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so full of cracks and chinks, and crevices, has 

 been erected. It cannot be beneath even your 

 abilities, Sir, to look into the evidences of a 

 religion, in which Newton and Locke, and 

 Boerhaave and Haller, confidently believed ; 

 which has been the medium of science and ci- 

 vilization to thousands of mankind; and which, 

 if the hopes of philosophy shall ever be realized, 

 " must hereafter fill the earth with the know- 

 " ledge of the Lord, even as the waters cover 

 " the sea." 



I remain, Sir, &c. 



ONE OF THE PEOPLE CALLED CHRISTIANS. 



TO THE PUPILS OF MR. LAWRENCE. 



GENTLEMEN, 



IT is my first object in. this address to as- 

 sure you, that I have not the smallest wish to 

 diminish your confidence or respect for Mr. 

 Lawrence, in his character as Professor of Ana- 

 tomy and Surgery at the Royal College. In com- 

 mon with the public at large, I regard him as a 

 very able and ingenious man in his own profes- 

 sion, and as perfectly competent to instruct 

 you in those sciences which relate to surgery 

 and medicine. It is only when he steps beyond 



