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HE following address was originally spoken in Latin, and when first printed bore the title: "Oratio habita in comitiis generalibus societatis sorbonicæ die 23 decembris 1780 à D D. Joan. Bapt. Cotton des-Houssayes doct. th. pariensi, soc sorbonico, bibliothecæ, sorb. præfecto, sct. Parisiis, proelio Philippi Dionysii Pierres regis typographi ordinarii, 1781." Brunet is the authority for the statement that only twenty-five copies were issued.

The learned bibliophile, Pierre Alexander Gratet Duplessis, recognizing the value of the paper,