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and an interest be excited not at fir-^ thought probable. 

 Not only may a naval man thus add to his own stock of 

 knowledge, but he may most materially by his exertions 

 promote the advance of science and its applications gene- 

 rally, minerals being objects of great interest, whether 



we regard them with reference to their importance to 

 man, and the aid many of them afford to the spread of 

 civilization, or as connected with several sciences, even 

 those of the highest order. 



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