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modefn < £ i $ B 3 Q ^ ^ unierfl ^^ a ^ mgy eraflfr fipft it ^ toa fil&te ^>! fe * tiafc ^ $$ «» , ^ " — nor did I see by what cither means , ' thart by bafrfuliy dvoldfn ^ ^ fflcfc mixture 6 # t&jrowed mattery I could compose ^ on a 9 ul > iect w ^ i ^ lfcaa ^^ eii s ^ tepcat ^^ y fhaiufifcdy fifty thing ^ ali origin ^^ e ^^ ^ ^ ^ i 3 3 ^ f ! l-
< j ^^^ a prrftiafjr ^^ cfe ^ flbl ^ ? ^ nrUi as the fiMj re ^ lt ^^^ le ^ ' ^ rt ^ and Mthfiil acciw ^ cy ifl t 1 > e iorei ^ ga ^ ri of it airki ijiSSiiciofitiS ^ fevfelbpitient 6 t the steps by which it tosis been aUaitied , and by whicfi it i § t ^ opqsed to are of incomparably'finfoffc idtepOftfeev ^ IfImi ^ t ^ si ^ ert Had i hbtfght less of himself , &ad ^ r ^ i ^^ se : wlBiHheJd ^ tf&S tp ^ nli ^ tefi ; he Would pr ^ bly tev ^ ccmrle through wMbti itiqiiiries are < i 6 nduct ^ d , is dfte 6 widefy ^^ rfeBt iVoife th ^ tif ^ iwBicn the results are to be communicated ; and thai he \ vfe > desires
to convey sound information toothers , must often have the firfnness taj ^ by ' ft ^ o ^^|^ Witrte | fesSng ) ^ pectilations , and present td tbeM rtiat ^ enly : wfiScn ^ iil bbticldct theth to hi £ own Conclusions ; and isheW tbfe Mid fouadation of them . -
"It is one qoasequence of tbUruie / ' continues the author , refernngt <> his systcn ^ of t ^ ustiug ; as much as possible to bis own research es , ** that I have been spared what % vould have been the most unpleasant ^ art of iny task - much dispute and controversy ; for there is scarcely an opinion connected with the questions requiring to be discussed , which has not some adversary or other . It has rarely happened , therefore , that 1 have openly entered the lists tijSori any ^ oint , oif agaitist any opponent ; or that , ever ! where I bivd
particular opfeions to combat , I have not been satisfied with stating the caost competent arguments on my side of the question , without proceeding to , notice what might be urged in favour of the contrary . Had I not done this ^ I must have enlarged the present work to twice its legitimate extent . " Mr . Greswell should have said to thrice its legitimate extent ; for to more than twice he already has ; and must , surely , have some consciousness that such is the case . After all , however , its legitimate extent is that which is necessary to present a just and adequate investigation of the positions which he undertakes to establish ; and how that can be effected , on subjects of such
a nature as those of his Dissertations , without considering the reasonable pb * jections against them , we do not know . But we have a more serious charge to make against the author ; that he has * repeatedly ,, brought forwards the opinions of others , as the object of bis attack , without giving the reader , by suitable references , the opportunity of examining for himself the arguments on which those opinions tote supported ; and that ne h ^ s sotafetimes parsed by , without notice , or with dogmatic condemnation , tfte ^^ p f " mea ^ had studied long and deeply some of the u questions requ ^ riftg ' , $$ h & ^ Sjor cussed . ' * ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' . > < , \ ,, '"' ^ . - ' ' '
Altogether Mr * Grre&well's work is little to \ & recomn ^ ncM ^ H repository of sound and valuable inforraationt ; still leas aa a inodeli £ 6 J : the theological student ; to tetich him how to pursue his om iAV ^ stJgf ^ icMiM ^ iwd i > to ^ pnMe ^ it the results of them to < others . w 1 ^ filumcnb ^ c ^ & ^^ phrenology , may , with some exceptioqs , be applied io th ^ e . D isse rtotio | ns ^ - " What ^ s jud ^ qioift fe n 6 t rVftv ^ , alid ^ bafe & V ^^ ^^ m M'io tV .- > would . J > e difficult to find any toddettf work , of tole ^ fcfer pye ^ n ^) ioj ^ to le ^ r ^ -. ing anlg critical t # 3 tehff whfew , mkefi as a whole , \ pj $ p tj ^^ ti pn of rudis indigestaquemotes . And yet ^ cjir $ fe istiO ^ ^ < i ^^ i ^ flfjfon ^ , victioa throughout , and the author has , obviously , sq much ae ^ jre M ^ t ^ ,
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On the Chronology and Arrai \ g ^ mnt of the Qo ^ elJS (^ rr ^ l y e $ . 7 $£
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 767, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/39/
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