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ally bring themselves to deal with political, as they now 

 deal with scientific questions; to be as ashamed of undue 

 haste and partisan prejudice in the one case as in the 

 other; and to believe that the machinery of society is at 

 least as delicate as that of a spinning- jenny, and as 

 little likely to be improved by the meddling of those 

 who have not taken the trouble to master the principles 

 of its action. 



In conclusion, I am sure that I make myself the 

 mouthpiece of all present in offering to the venerable 

 founder of the Institution, which now commences its 

 beneficent career, our congratulations on the completion 

 of his work; and in expressing the conviction, Chat the 

 remotest posterity will point to it as a crucial instance 

 of the wisdom which natural piety leads all men to 

 ascribe to their ancestors. 



