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 | | And in a science, whose mastery demands a whole life of laborious diligence, whose details are inexhaustible, and whose intricacies task the most acute intellects, it would be a matter of surprise, if every hour withdrawn from its concerns did not somewhat put at hazard the success of its votary. |
 | | Opinions in science, in physic, in philosophy, in morals, in religion, in literature have been subjected to the severest scrutiny; and many, which had grown hoary under the authority of ages, have been quietly conveyed to their last home with scarcely a solitary mourner to grace their obsequies. |
 | | But it is in physical science, and especially in its adaptation to the arts of life, that the present age may claim precedence of all others. |
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