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certain sign that the ruin of moral feelings and^ 

 of course^ of real happiness^ is at hand. But^ 

 perhaps^ some of om^ youthful hearers may 

 have failed to see the connection between a sub- 

 ject of this sort^ and the description of timber 

 trees^ which we have in hand." 



I think/' said Mr. Longhurst^ that they 

 will be able to perceive something of it^ as we 

 proceed in our inquiries concerning the nature 

 and uses of those substances. Let us hear^ 

 Sir^ a few particulars respecting those you have 

 named." 



