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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Borelli, 
  who 
  wrote 
  ' 
  De 
  Motu 
  Animalium 
  ' 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  cen- 
  

   turies 
  ago, 
  a 
  work 
  which 
  Mosso 
  considers 
  " 
  modern 
  phj^siologists 
  

   should 
  still 
  consult 
  and 
  study." 
  Borelli 
  challenged 
  the 
  then 
  

   orthodox 
  conception 
  of 
  the 
  will, 
  and 
  was 
  reproached 
  by 
  the 
  

   Abbe 
  Antonio 
  Rosmini 
  with 
  confusing 
  the 
  sensitive 
  principle 
  with 
  

   the 
  reasonable 
  soul, 
  and 
  who 
  affirmed 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  doctrine 
  

   " 
  one 
  may 
  see 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  modern 
  materialism." 
  Nevertheless, 
  

   Borelli, 
  the 
  animal 
  physiologist, 
  wrote 
  his 
  book 
  in 
  a 
  monaster}', 
  

   and 
  died 
  in 
  a 
  convent 
  cell 
  ; 
  his 
  tomb 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Church 
  of 
  Saint 
  

   Pantaleo 
  in 
  Borne, 
  and 
  the 
  inscription 
  ends 
  with 
  the 
  words 
  : 
  

   " 
  Heic 
  Admirandum 
  de 
  Motu 
  Animalium 
  opus 
  Absolvit 
  Simul 
  

  

  CUM 
  VITA." 
  

  

  The 
  larger 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  book 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  mental 
  fatigue 
  

   frequently 
  experienced 
  by 
  scientific 
  men, 
  though 
  frequently 
  con- 
  

   quered 
  in 
  triumph, 
  as 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  Darwin, 
  of 
  whom 
  a 
  most 
  

   generous 
  and 
  competent 
  admiration 
  is 
  expressed 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  pages. 
  This 
  book 
  is 
  of 
  physiological 
  importance, 
  of 
  great 
  

   zoological 
  interest, 
  and 
  is 
  worth 
  the 
  perusal 
  of 
  lecturers 
  and 
  

   teachers. 
  

  

  