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xl PREFACE. cluded, was delighted. What an agrecable, happy man he seems, thought 1! What a fine profession! What would I give now to know as much as he does! Jn short, I was con- verted,

Years again rolled on; I found myself in practice, Now, I had an ‘opportunity of proving the truth and excellence of the beauti- ful principles I had been taught. I found how truthful had been his representations of them, I was, however, grieved to find that his opinions and views were very much misunderstood and misrepresented; and I had very frequent oppor- tunities of seeing how much this restricted their application, and abridged their utility.

Some few years after bis death, I tried to induce some one to endeavour to correct the erroneous impressions which prevailed in regard to him; but to do Abernethy full Justice, would require a republication of his works, with an elaborate commentary. This was a task mvolving too much time, labour, and expense, for any individual to undertake; whilst anything less, however useful or instructive to �