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Junior, in 1817, and in the third volume of the second series 

 he gives an account of an excursion to Cumberland and 

 Westmoreland. He was fond of the study of agriculture 

 and botany, and in this excursion he remarks on the con- 

 dition of crops and the habits of the farmers. One feels 

 that, late as it was in the world's history, civilisation in 

 many respects was only beginning on the road he took. 

 He sees, however, the great advance the Cumberland men 

 had made in civility over those of the Lancashire towns. 

 We have still to learn if this is innate or caused by the 

 employments ; it is still observable. We wonder too, when 

 Mr. Moore speaks to the Manchester people, that the tone 

 is adopted of one travelling in a foreign country, although 

 the road is now traversed by many trains, and made almost 

 into a Manchester street. So great have been the changes 

 since the time when one of our presidents, so well remem- 

 bered, was still young. 



Mr. Moore was not a man of great force of character, 

 but he was amiable and intelligent, and had a pleasure in 

 going among scientific men, and was desirous of learning 

 as much as possible from them concerning subjects of 

 natural history, and especially botany. Scientific men how- 

 ever are not always amiable any more than other men, and 

 Mr. Moore did not get sufficient encouragement from Liebig 

 when that philosopher came over with all his agricultural 

 fame in 1842. The new power was too much questioned 

 by Mr. Moore, who was naturally anxious to learn all the 

 new ideas. That visit of Liebig's was one of triumph, 

 and he enjoyed his triumph much ; and why should he 

 not ? He was an impetuous daring spirit with far-seeing 

 Semitic eyes, but without the endurance of the Jewish 

 portion of that race to whom his mother belonged. He 



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