The Hunterian Oration, delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons ... February 14, 1825 / [William Norris].

  • Norris, William, -1827.
Date:
1825
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Credit: The Hunterian Oration, delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons ... February 14, 1825 / [William Norris]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    botany, is also at this time easily and pleasingly acquired. A familiar acquaintance with the man- ners and habits of birds, insects, and the lower animals, is now to be encouraged as a very useful preparation for further impor- tant inquiries. His mind should now be directed to subjects of natural and experimental philo- sophy, the great outlines of which will readily be comprehended by one whose previous studies and amusements had so well prepared him for their reception. His thoughts and reasoning powers now become expanded, he sees with delight those experiments performed which explain and demonstrate the truths which are al- ready known to the world ; and he pants
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