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well fitted to be handed down for the imitation and encourage- 
ment of any youth, who would become a wise and accomplished 
gentleman and scholar. ; 
It was in June, 1826, that Dr. Morton presented himself to the 
citizens of Philadelphia, as one of the physicians of the place. 
But the first appeals of the young physician fall upon ears that 
are deaf; and he determined that, while slow progress must be 
submitted to, time should not be lost. He renewed his connec 
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so fell into habits of ease and self-indulgence. Th 
1826, transferred to the new museum in Twelfth street, where 
Morton labored, with the others, in classifying and arranging the 
has passed to a third edition. a 
His first scientific, published essay, was an article on Cornine 
a new alkaloid, printed in the Med. and Phys. Jour. for 1825-4, 
p. 195. ; 
May ist, 1827, the young naturalist presented his first scien 
tific communication to the Academy, which was entitled, Analy 
sis of Tabular Spar, from Bucks county, Penn., with a nonce 
of various minerals found in the same locality. 
This paper, which was creditable to him, was followed by 4 
long catalogue of articles, some of them very important, but to? 
numerous and various to be cited here. They are enumerated at 
the end of this memoir. 3 
The discovery of numerous marl-beds containing organic tf 
mains, in the State of New Jersey, and the extensive excavations 
of construction, furnished provocatives and aliment to his appetite 
for research ; and his diligence enabled him to make numerous 
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enlarged his reputation abroad. an distn- 
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