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 all; and, the lessons we have sought to establish from the works of Galen, from Harvey, and from Darwin are, that we must seek to unfold the mysteries of science by patient research and experiment, and, that we must not accept as truth any theory which is the result of our own reasoning unless it can be proved by observation. To every humble minded investigator there is an ample reward, and the fault is not in nature, it we do not enrich ourselves from the stores laid before us.

“Accuse not nature; she has done her part “Do thou but thine; and be not diffident “Of wisdom; she deserts thee not, if thou “Dismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh.”