Heads of lectures on a course of experimental philosophy, particularly including chemistry, delivered at the new college in Hackney / by Joseph Priestley.

  • Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
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Printed for Wm. Jones, no. 86, Dame-Street, and J. Rice, no. 2, College-Green,
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Credit: Heads of lectures on a course of experimental philosophy, particularly including chemistry, delivered at the new college in Hackney / by Joseph Priestley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    excufable in young perfonsj and, in- deed, it is by means of it that they are excited to exert themfelves in a manner that they would not otherwife have done. But be careful that this temper be not ndulged to excefs, for it will then be found to have ferious ill confequences -, the leaf!: of which is the precluding fu- ture improvement, from being already fatisfied with yourfelves, and confcious ' of a fufficient fuperiority over others. The foundation of this felf-conceit^ on account of literary attainments, will be found to be extremely weak. In fa£l, vve learn more before the period to which you ^re now arrived^ and I hope you will continue to learn more after it, without its being fo much no- ticed ; and the abiltly that is difcovefed in the acquirements v/hich are the fub- jeds of this vanity is not greater than appears on other occafions. Only they are not fo confpicuous. Y' hat we all learn in the firfl three yc^rs ot our lives, is much more extra- ordinary