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hence results the good or evii derived from 

 association. That in France, in a nation 

 where the writings both of its philosophers 

 and wits have greatly contributed to demo- 

 fali^ the people, I do not therefore wonder 

 that those of their anatomists and physio- 

 logists should represent the subject of their 

 studies in a manner conformable to what 

 is esteemed most philosophical or clever. 

 But that in England, the chief excellence of 

 whose inhabitants is, that they are a think- 

 ing people, who consider the probable ends 

 of conduct from its beginning ; that in this 

 country, particularly after so arduous an ex- 

 amination, and so rational an explanation of 

 the vital phtenomena have been presented 

 to us by Mr. Hunter, the mere opinions 

 of some French anatomists, with respect 

 to the nature of life, should be extracted 

 from their general writings, translated, 

 and extolled, cannot, I think, but excite 

 the surprise and indignation of any one 

 fully apprized of their pernicious tendency. 



The education and course of life of me- 

 dical men tend to make them sober-minded. 



