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merely thus, " Dr. Franklin, America ;" 

 and faid, he felt inclined to make a ftill 

 more flattering fiiperfcription. " Dr. 

 " Franklin, the World." His letter 

 reached the fage, who firft difarmed the 

 lightning of its fatal power, for the anfwer 

 to it arrived, and was fliown in the Dar- 

 winian circles ; in which had been quef- 

 tioned the likelihood of Dr. Franklin ever 

 receiving a letter of fuch general fuper- 

 fcription as the whole weftern empire. Its 

 fafe arrival was amongft the triumphs of 

 genius combined with exertion, " they 

 <( make the world their country." 



From the time of Dr. Darwin's marriage 

 and removal to Derby, his limited bio- 

 grapher can only trace the outline of his 

 remaining exiftence ; remark the dawn 

 and expanfion of his poetic fame, and 

 comment upon the claims which fecure 

 its immortality. The lefs does fhe regret 

 this limitation, as Mr. Dewhuift Bilfbury, 



his 



