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O! cives civitatis

Hujus clarissimæ,

MenoriamMemoriam [sic] pravitatis

Æternam tenete.

Illius Professoris,

Qui ausit dubitare;

Et est expulsus è foris,

Nec scio cur, nec quare.

Sed solum hoc scio,—

Qui audet dubitare,

Is expelletur Gothamo

Si absunt cur et quare."

So much for the history of these notable topics of doubt. But if we proceed to examine them critically, notwithstanding the indignation that they aroused, I believe we shall find them more or less reasonable. Being for the most part expressed in clear and precise language,