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    eloquent passage immediately preceding , did not prevail witl \ tjie author to commit this abortion of bis genius to the flames I I remain , a sincere

    friend to Unitarianism , not so much for its own sake , as for the sajfce of that Christianity of which I deem it the purest form . A , A-

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    Sir , THE following circumstance I know will give you great pleasure : A few weeks ago my brotherin-law , Mr . , of Dublin , was with

    me : he is an anxious promoter of the education of the poor j and it appears the Catholic Priests oppose generally , every thing in their power , what is done by the Protestants associated for that purpose , and too generally succeed ; though , as it will appear , the

    people are not adverse to it and connive at its introduction . A person in humble life , but of strong mind , and an enthusiast to promote this great work , travels through the country in disguise , taking with him the Bible ,

    translated into the language of the lower classes , and has succeeded in forming what he calls Hedge Schools , jwhere sometimes twenty boys will attend , and generally great progress has been made in the cultivation of

    their minds . He gives prizes to those who learn by heart most of the parts of the scriptures that he points out . He subjects himself to every privation and on his last visit to the society in Dublin , his dress being so dirty and

    tattered , it was recommended that he should have a new suit : " No , " said he , " that will never do , if I go back with a good coat , my scholars and friends will say , You have been to Dublin and yot bribed by the great , and we will have no more to do with

    you" His plans are carried on , unknown to the priests , aad no public notice is ever taken of it by tne society , feeling that publicity would defeat the object . He has won numbers over from the Catholic faith and

    sets about the task of conversion in a manner never suspected at first , by his opponents ; sleeps in their wretched cabins and partakes of their coarsest fare . It appears he had from time to time various controversies with a priest - , and at last not only succeeded in detaching him from his opinions , fc * ut a !*? in leading him into his viewsi

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    and since , the priest has turned tim her and joined heart and hand in prp moting the Protestant faith and vx structing the poojr . To meet ifi any house or cabin would draw the attention of the priests and perhaps €£ & >

    communication on the person wh < y permitted it would folk * w > this i $ the reason of his drawing the hoys off to * a distance in a manner before stated ; —the napie of this great man is Thar dy . J . W .

    P . S . I add an anecdote of the singular but praiseworthy integrity of 3 Quaker tradesman : —a clerk at the general post office told me the other day , that one of the above society caiU led-every quarter to repay those letters that by mistake were ttnd # rrated .

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    18 * A , n Irish Reformer . —Natural Theology .

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    Natural Theology . No . XH . Of the Brain and Nerves . T 1 "THE brain is a soft pulpy nxas § p £ JL a whitish grey colour , which .

    occupies all that cavity which , is . formed by the bones of the skull ,, and is . surrounded by two membranes * thet outermost called the dura mater , thei second is denominated , /* £ a mater . The former lines the inside of the skull and

    prevents its eminences from , giving ipjury to the delicate structure pjf th& brain ; it serves also to prevent * con . * cussious of the . organ : it separate the whole mass into portions * which by its partitions it supports and protects from pressure .. This , membrane is strong and of a . tendinous , nature

    like the other membranes . of the body , which are only intended to perform subservient offices for the living parts ; it is insensible , and may be torn without giving any pain . It adheres , cjpsely to the inside of the skull by , a great number of filaments and small vessel * which enter the bone every where .

    1 he pia mater is a softy thin , transparent substance , full of vessels , con ^ nected with the former by the . veins which pass between them , and li $$ in contact with the surface of the brain , not only covering this organ ,

    but insinuating itself into all its wind * iqgs and fissures for the conveyance of vessels , and of nourishment , to ^ sup ply the waste of this active Eoadjiqe Between these two membranes there is spread a third , whicli is e ^ trem ^ ly delicate , resembling acob ^ webj t > ut

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1816, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2448/page/18/