Excerpt from The Subject Matter of a Course of Six Lectures on the Non-Metallic Elements
These and many other special peculiarities, in which the functions of a lecturer differed from those of an author, having been discussed - it was conceded that a mere verbatim report of an experimental course of lectures, would by no means render, under a literary aspect, the spirit in Which these lectures were delivered.
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