An introductory lecture, delivered in King's College, London, October 11, 1831 / by J.F. Daniell.

  • John Frederic Daniell
Date:
1831
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Credit: An introductory lecture, delivered in King's College, London, October 11, 1831 / by J.F. Daniell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Ibrras of matter amongst which your lot is cast. The days are past in which a cultivated taste, a knowledge of languages, and a general acquaintance with history, will excuse a man for utter ignorance of the laws by which the frame of nature is sustained ; and the time is arrived when the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, must take their classic station as the primordia rerum, by the side of the mythological deities of antiquity. The busi- ness of active life, to which you will be here- after devoted, will not, depend upon it, suffer from such preliminary knowledge: on the con- trary, in all the paths of honourable exertion and laudable ambition which open before you, a general acquaintance with the principles of na- tural philosophy and chemistry will not only be ornamental and pleasurable, but useful, profit- able, and, if I may be allowed the term, ex- cluingeable. But, Gentlemen, to all of you I must address the homely admonition of attention, diligence, and punctuality ; for, in proportion to these, will be the profit which you will derive from lectures. After all the exertions which he can make, the success of the Professor must depend upon the industry of the pupil. Be not satisfied with the acquirement of names; or fancy, that if you master terms, and retain
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