6 LECTURE L- 



brief but enthusiastic sentence of Cicero, 

 which therefore I quote. In nulla re, pro- 

 pius ad deos homines accedunt, quam sar 

 lutem hominibus dando. 



In occupying the situation of the last 

 gentleman who taught in this place, Sir 

 Everard Home, who has pursued the path 

 of science which Mr. Hunter pointed out, 

 with a considerable talent for observation, 

 and with a degree of zeal and industry, 

 scarcely to be expected from one whose 

 time and attention have been otherwise so 

 much engaged ; I also, equally with him, 

 feel interested in impressing on the minds 

 of my audience, the advantages we have 

 derived from the labours of Mr. Hunter, 

 and from pursuing that mode of study and 

 enquiry which he adopted, and inculcated ; 

 and I am desirous on the present occasion, 

 to engage your attention in the consider- 

 ation of the probability and rationality of 

 his theory of life. 



