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direct and advife me in all my Studies 5 and 
. I gratefully own, that it was You who firft 
led me into thofe Philofophical RefearcheSj 
which have fince procured me the particular 
Favour of our Worthy Prejident , and the 
great Honour conferred upon me by Him, the 
Council and Fellows of the Royal Society, 
in chufing me One of their Secretaries. 
Were thefe Volumes publifhed in the 
Name of the Royal Society, they would 
not require the Patronage of any Particular 
Perfon 5 a Sanction from that Illuftrious Body, 
which hath all along fo juftly been in the 
higheflfEfteem among the Learned, would be 
a fufficient Protection for the Publisher : But, 
as they contain only fome of the Papers which 
have been read at their Aflemblies, the pub- 
lication of which is left to the Difcretion of 
the Secretaries, the Editor becomes anfwerable 
for what he communicates to the Publick 5 
therefore, as to the Share I have had in collect- 
ing and publifhing thefe Memoirs, I beg Leave 
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