Notice of some remarks by the late Mr. Hugh Miller, author of The testimony of the rocks, The old red sandstone, &c. &c.

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1857
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    will be judged by proper persons. It has been in the hands of many whose minds have been disciplined in the best methods of inquiry; and from no quarter had I reason to suspect the exist- ence of dissent until the appearance of the book before us. It is to be hoped that on both sides of the Atlantic there will be cultivated a mutual confidence, which shall prevent misconcep- tion of motives ; and that hereafter the vigilance which is indis- pensable to preserve the pursuits of philosophy from unconscious bias, shall not be misconstrued as the intrusion of an unfriendly sp^irit. Felix quern faciunt aliena pericula cautum. In con- clusion, I beg to renew the expression of my regret, that any accident should have made me the occasion of pain to a gentle- man so deserving of our consideration and friendly esteem as was the author of The Testimony of the Rocks. It cannot but enhance the appropriateness of such an expression at this meeting, that beside yourself and your colleague, the other Vice President, who usually preside over the deliberations of the Academy, I see here to night its venerable President, and seve- ral other learned members whose names are familiar to culti- vators of the natural sciences in Great Britain. PROCEEDINGS OP THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, VOL. VI. NO. 51. May 1, 1857. Vice President Frazer in the Chair. Mr. William Parker Foulke requested permission to make a statement in relation to some remarks of the late Hugh Miller, upon pages 171 to 175 of his recently published book, entitled The Testimony of the Rocks. [Boston edition, 1857.] It appeared that Mr. Miller had so far mistaken the spirit and phraseology of a brief criticism upon his reasoning, as to believe