LECTURE VII. 325 



facts belonging to any subject, should be 

 attentively examined and considered, with- 

 out prejudice or partiality ; and this is no 

 light labour. It is a task more suited to an 

 ancient Grecian philosopher, than to one of 

 the present school ; for the latter is busied 

 in collecting new facts, in adding to the 

 stock of knowledge, and is consequently 

 apt to take partial views of subjects, and 

 not sufficiently to contemplate the general 

 system of nature. 



■ I have now led you round the gallery of 

 the Museum, and have briefly informed 

 you what probably were the designs of Mr. 

 Hunter, in the preparation and arrange- 

 ment of the subjects there exhibited. 

 Having restricted myself to the considera- 

 tion of those facts only, which form the 

 basis of his opinions relative to the prin- 

 cipal vital processes ; I have been pre- 

 vented from noticing many important cir- 

 cumstances, belonging to other subjects, in 

 anatomy and physiology. The gallery of 

 the Museum, is, however, but a small por- 



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