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Feb. 1795, and from the memoir there given I select the 

 following : 



" If to support the dignity of the first literary society in 

 the world, and by firmness and candour to conciliate the re- 

 gard of its members ; if rejecting the allurements of dissi- 

 pation, to explore sciences unknown, and to cultivate the 

 most manly qualities of the human heart; if to dispense a 

 princely fortune in the enlargement of science, the encou- 

 ragement of genius, and the alleviation of distress, be cir- 

 cumstances which entitle any one to a more than ordinary 

 share of respect, few will dispute the claim of the person 

 whose portrait ornaments the present magazine. , . . In 

 short, he is entitled to every praise that science, liberality, 

 and intelligence can bestow on their most distinguished 

 favourites." 



Dr. Pulteney, in his handsome dedication of his Sketches 

 on the progress of Botany, to Sir Joseph, thus alludes to his 

 voyage with Cook : " To whom could a work of this nature 

 with so much propriety be addressed, as to him who had not 

 only relinquished, for a series of years, all the allurements 

 that a polished nation could display to opulence ; but had 

 exposed himself to numberless perils, and the repeated risk 

 of life itself, that he might attain higher degrees of that 

 knowledge, which these sketches are intended to commu- 

 nicate." 



The Academy of Sciences at Dijon, in their " Notice sur 

 Sir Jos. Banks," thus apostrophizes his memory : " Ombre 

 de Banks ! apparois en ce lieu consacre au culte des sciences 

 et des lettres ; viens occuper la place que t'y conservent les 

 muses, accepter les couronnes qu'elles-memes t'ont tressees ! 

 viens recevoir le tribut de nos sentimens, temoignage sincere 

 de notre douleur et de not regrets ; et par le souvenir de te.s 



