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Lawrence's meaning or feelings can be un- 

 derstood bj others without previous in- 

 formation, I must therefore mention, that 

 from a very early period of his pro- 

 fessional studies, he was accustomed to 

 decry and scoif at what I taught as the 

 opinions of Mr. Hunter respecting life and 

 its functions. Yet as I coujd never find that 

 he had anvfi;ood reasons for this conduct, I 

 continued to teach them in the midst of the 

 controversy and derision of those students 

 who had become his proselytes. As a 

 teacher of young men I felt particularly 

 anxious that they should possess just, bene- 

 volent, and honourable sentiments, and 

 therefore was I interested in maintaining 

 those opinions respecting life, which seem 

 to warrant the further opinion of the dis- 

 tinct and independent nature of mind ; 

 whilst more particularly did I feel bound to 

 maintain them, when the contrary asser- 

 tions were unsupported by facts or argu- 

 ments. * 



* I have admitted the assertion that the brain is as 

 much an organ of sensation and thought, <is the liver 

 and stomach ai'e organs for the secretion of bile and 

 gastric fluid: but tlie physioJogicul question in dispute 



