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not of man only, but of all the works of 

 creation, are most unquestionably entitled 

 to have their names handed down to the 

 admiration and gratitude of succeeding ages. 

 Let it be recollected, that from those who 

 sustain the dangers and the sufferings 



" Of storms at sea, and travels on the shore," 



we derive all our knowledge of the most in- 

 teresting portions of the little ball of earth 

 we inhabit. We are well assured that no 

 poet, nor historian, nor biographer of the 

 present day, would think of excluding from 

 their due share of fame such names as those 

 of Cook, and Parry, and Franklin, or of 

 Park, Denham, Clapperton, and Laing, and 

 many others not necessary for us here to 

 enumerate, whose labours have contributed 

 so much to the knowledge, the benefit, and 

 the rational amusement of their kind. 



Captain Franklin must be considered, 

 beyond all dispute, as one whose name has 



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