ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 3D 
ness, and the glory of his works, fresh praises 
of his name, fresh homage to his nature ; 
fresh remembrances of all that we owe to 
him, of all for which we adore him, and of 
all that which, by his audible command, and 
by a natural, a generous, and a worthy imita- 
tion, it is our own duty to perform, to him, 
to ourselves, and to our fellow-creatures ;— 
to our fellow-creatures of all ranks, from the 
Hmmet to the Man! , 
‘* The collective views that I have men- 
tioned unite themselves in the scheme of the 
Zoological Society ; and, whether we look at 
the tendency of its institution to increase 
our enjoyments, or our knowledge, or our 
virtue, it is obviously a work of patriot- 
ism,—a_tribute to the happiness of the 
country. It is a work of patriotism, too, 
under an aspect separate from those of 
which I have spoken. The Garden and 
the Museum are embellishments of the 
metropolis,—embellishments of the entire 
kingdom. They offer one of the most inno- 
cent, one of the most elegant, one of the 
most instructive of the public recreations ; 
they afford to thousands, and te hundreds of 
