MEMOIR OP PENNANT. ()5 
inquiries which the ancients knew well to apply to 
the benefit of their fellow-creatures. He may, 
perhaps, smile on the labours of the Arctic Zoologist 
(if by that time they are not quite obsolete) ; and, 
as the animate Creation never changes her course, 
he may find much right; and if he is endowed 
with a good heart, will candidly attribute the 
errors to misrepresentation, or the common in- 
firmity of human nature.” 
VOL. VII. 
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