An introductory discourse [on the principles of chemical science], delivered in the amphitheatre of the London Institution. On Wednesday the 5th of May, 1819 / by William Thomas Brande.

  • Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866.
Date:
1819
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Credit: An introductory discourse [on the principles of chemical science], delivered in the amphitheatre of the London Institution. On Wednesday the 5th of May, 1819 / by William Thomas Brande. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sidered in their relation to the mercantile world, and as affecting particular classes of society. It has been said, that literary and scien¬ tific attainments are incompatible with that attention to business, with that activity of mind, which is essential to those who would flourish in mercantile and commercial oc¬ cupations ; and it has been supposed, that the young man who is just entering upon the career of life, is particularly open to such objectionable and unpropitious influence. But let us candidly and dispassionately look at the state of this question. There is no one whose mind can always and incessantly bear direction to one subject; whose thoughts will always run in the same channel; the bow must sometimes be unstrung; diversity of occupation must be resorted to for relief ; and amusement must sometimes become our business. Whatever our occupation may be, some degree of variety and relaxation is required; and it is admitted upon all hands, that if these gaps and chasms in the life of a man of business are not employed in the acquisition of some kind of information, or