An oration delivered ... 1826, before the Hunterian Society: with supplementary observations / [Sir William Blizard].

  • Blizard, William, Sir, 1743-1835.
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[1826]
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Credit: An oration delivered ... 1826, before the Hunterian Society: with supplementary observations / [Sir William Blizard]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' AN ORATION. OPINION, be it founded in truth or error, governs thought, and action; and is indefinite in extent of influence. Although it may be formed from a passing and trivial incident; and its impression, on pro- mulgation, be limited to a few minds, yet, at some period, by successive communication, the whole intelligent race of mankind may bear a stamp of its original character. Such reflections naturally pressed on the mind of your first Orator. For, however light his admitted authority, he presumed that it would be sufficient T