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own enquiries and reflections ; and its su- 

 preme excellence, at the time of its publi- 

 cation, was testified by the applause of every 

 nation, and by proffers of invitation and re- 

 ward to its author by various governments. 

 The Nostalgia of Haller, however, induced 

 him after seventeen years' residence in Got- 

 tingen to return to Berne, where he became 

 a magistrate and politician, without relin- 

 quishing his former studies. Such was the 

 esteem with which Haller was regarded, 

 wherever the sciences were cultivated, that 

 most foreigners of distinction, and even 

 princes, in passing through Switzerland, paid 

 homage by their visits to the illustrious 

 Halier. ^ 



John Hunter was born in the county of 

 Lanark, in Scotland, in the year 1728, 

 and he died in London in 1793. He had 

 received but little education ; his mind 

 had not been taught to act in imitation of 

 others j he disliked to read, as much as he 

 liked to think. When Mr. Cline addressed 

 the College on this anniversary, he said, 

 " Much as Mr. Hunter did, he thought 

 still more. He has often told me, his de- 



