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did observe these sympathies in a manner 

 and to an extent that surprized most 

 professional men, is w^ll known to all 

 those who were present at his lectures 

 on this subject. Their surprize was indeed 

 natural, because they were not then fully 

 acquainted with his views and motives. 



I mention these things, because I am 



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aware that there are some \vho say sym- 

 pathy is a term without any direct meaning, 

 and that all which Mr. Hunter said 

 on the subject of life, explains nothing. 

 What Mr. Hunter meant, I believe I 

 understand ; what persons of different sen- 

 timents, whom I acknowledge possess 

 great information and ability, mean, when 

 they talk in this manner, I am not so 

 well able to discover. They seem to deny 

 that life can be any thing which may 

 not be seen or felt. They seem to wish 

 us to believe that they have that phi- 



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