jgig SClfeNTIFie NE^VS. 



'^. why moral ift. Why the fame does not take place in the moral fci- 



fciences do not ^^^^^^^ p 



make the lame r i r r • 



progrefs as the 2a. VVhcthier dmong the diflerertt branches of theie Iciences, 



phyfipal? t],e,.e {)g ahy caiiable of a fjtrther degree of perfe6lion ? And 



—If they can be , , ,. 1 



ftrthei- im- what the(e are ? 



proved? 2d. To what degree are they of this nature? And what ar^ 



—What are the ,i ,••,,.,• r ,1 1 , 



bounds to their '"^ limits to their tartlier improvement ? 



perfcftibility ? 4(h. What are (hfe moR proper methods [6 advance the 



beft methodVto^ moral fcieilces (o t!iis boundary of perfe61ton ? 



attain this point? It Is defired that (he difcujjtori of llth fahjeB vkit^ he condUSied 



J() as to prefent refiMs, xihicfi may contribute to the perfection of 



that theory of LegiJIation, ivhich is mOji corformable to the nature 



of vian. 



Second Prize. 

 Tenets of Adam To determine (by making an analyfis of political economy) 

 Q^efna^"? ^^' ^^^* ^""^ ^^'^ points in which the leading notions of Adam 

 Smith and Dodlor Quefnay agree, and in what they differ, or 

 are oppotite ? 



This examination miift neceffarily produce rcfults vfefid to the 

 progrefs of political economy. 

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ceiving me- moirs OH medical fubje6ls, the 31ft Auguft, 1807 ; and for the 

 moifs. Others, the fame day and month in 1S06. 



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