An address, &c. 



Gentlemen, 



i-HOSE sentiments and opinions which 

 it is necessary man sliould entertain for 

 his proper conduct in life, seem to be so 

 readily acquired from the general contem- 

 plation of nature, and the operations of 

 our own minds, that many have believed 

 them to be innate or intuitive. They ap- 

 pear also to be more and more confirmed 

 by the researches of science and the 

 progressive accumulation of knowledge. 

 Surely no man ever deduced opinions from 

 a more accurate, minute, and extensive 

 examination of all the vital phenomena, 

 in every variety of living being, than 

 Mr. Hunter ; and none ever displayed 



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