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to bias your judgment. Self-love, or na- 

 tionality, which is but an extension of the 

 same sentiment, is only productive of good 

 when it excites emulation ; and on this ac- 

 count alone, would I ever advert to it in 

 the cause of science. Nation should vie 

 with nation in promoting human knowledge 

 and happiness. A desire to obtain the 

 respect of others may warrant us in claim- 

 ing our due ; but we should freely accord 

 to them that tribute of respect and applause 

 to which they also are entitled. 



I cannot easily express the gratification I 

 received from reading Cuvier's Lectures on 

 Comparative Anatomy, because, in addition 

 to the information I derived from them, they 

 enabled me clearly to discern the extent of 

 Mr. Hunter's views. Neither can I tell the 

 regret I felt that such a book had not been 

 published during the life of Mr. Hunter, 

 that he himself might have compared the 

 opinions derived from more general and ex- 

 tended observation, with those that had 

 resulted from his own peculiar modes of 

 enquiry and consideration. 



