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l.uokla,Kl ,„.ntc.l to tl.o oviJouco r„mi,Uea by gwovinga ou tl.o 
lock-surlaces, and to tlio scmtclios on tlio bouMors; but ho met 
m h much opposition ten, Muccliison, Whc-ell, and Greenon.*!, 
Alter an an, mated debate. Pmckland rose to reply, e„po„ndin»°at 
so„,e lengtl, the .loctrines of the „e,r theory; and in ce„el,"ll„o 
'VI 1 a look and touo of triumpli, ho pronounced upon Ids 
opponents who dare.l to question the orthodoxy of tI)o f^Iacial 
•scratches wl.cn they should come to perdition, the pains of eternal 
itcM, witliout the privilege of scratching ! ! ’ 
My hither was a great lover of poetry, ,na„y of his earlier letters are 
1,11 of It; while, among prosaic woiks, ho speaks with enthusiasm 
(whc,, t,ve,,ty-t,,-o year, of ago) of Horscheil’s ‘Astronomy,’ 
«n ‘>r ‘He University,’ and 
.evells In-idgewator ’Wise’ on Astronomy and Geneml 
v,tl, regard to 1,„„ ; and as in this ago of freothought, science is 
often .■egarded as the enemy of religion, I should not omit to 
mention that my father was ever animated by a deep appreciation 
of those doctrines of Umstian teaching, which in their hiohest 
lUMian development rise above all Hired creeds and formukrie, 
IS religions views, as before mentioned, had taken their inspiration 
at the fount of the Oongregational Independents, and for a time he 
taught in the Abney Chapel Sunday School in London ; while his 
sen iments were further strengthened by intercourse with hi, 
bro her J,or„aid, who had entered the Highbury Theological 
College, and a tenvards accepted charge of a congregation at 
ailestoii Although in after years his views broadened, and his 
nleas ot the Sabbath enabled him to enjoy a country ramble, or a 
tew hours gai-dening, he never hesitated to make a dctenuined 
stand against the materialistic teachings that have been deemed 
though tar from rightly, as the logical outcome of seientiHc 
iron, the year 1811 to 1836 (excepting only 1852) he attended 
very ,„eot„« of the British Association, acting as reporter of tho 
(.eological section for tile ‘Athoiueum.’ Ilis accounts, which 
contiiued full notes ot tho discussions, are elaborate and interestin- 
1 he .journeys he thus made, which always included a walking U,nv 
alforded him many opportunities of adding to his herbarium, and 
iia-ing oiservations on various geological subjects. His note 
vor, nr. jo huh,. 
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