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 from their predecessors, shut their eyes against the light which this great man presented to them. They had made a long career in the exercise of their art, without knowing the circulation of the blood, which exposed so many errors in the books of the ancients, and so many false steps in their proceedings; whilst Novices, enlightnedenlightened [sic] by this discovery, with reason despised these haughty practitioners who grew old in their errors."

are apt to be disgusted with any art, when, at their first entrance upon it, they find it beset with difficulties which to them appear unsurmountable; but when these begin to clear up, their eager pursuit of knowledge increases daily with growing pleasure. A regular course of instruction prompts them to an eager pursuit of learning: it sheds forth conviction upon the mind, and improves the confidence of the diligent; a confidence founded