DR. DARWIN. 95 



That noble fimplicity which difdains 

 the varnifh of difingenuous defign in prin- 

 ciple and in conducl, in converfation 'and 

 in writing, was the defideratum of Dr. 

 Darwin's ftrong and comprehenfive mind* 

 It's abfence rendered his fyftems, which 

 w r ere fb often luminous, at times impene- 

 trably dark by paradox. It's abfence ren- 

 dered his poetic tafte fomewhat mere- 

 tricious from his rage for ornament ; chilled 

 his heart againft the ardor of devotion, 

 and chained his mighty powers within the 

 limits of fecond caufes, though formed to 

 foar to INFINITE. 



If r however, the do&rines of the Zoo* 

 nomia are not always infallible, it is a 

 work which muft fpread the fame of it's 

 author over lands and feas, to whatever 

 clime the fun of fcience has irradiated and 

 warmed. The Zoonomia is an exhauftlefs 

 repofitory of interefting fads, of curious 

 experiments in natural productions, and in 



medical 



