Public Characters of 1802-1803 - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1803. Excerpt: ... his lordship has great weight and authority, because his speeches are known and felt to be the lessons of experience and wisdom. DR. JENNER. Te mater omnis, te lachrymabilis Accurret uxor, ne caducum Orba virum, puerosque plortt. Sen confluentes forte timet notas Decora virgo,--tu faciem eripif Pericli tan tern, protegisque Delicias juvenum futuras.' OF all public characters, he justly claims the first honours, and the first rank, in biography, who by the diligent and successful exertion of his talents, most effectually promotes the public good. We are therefore secure of the approbation of our readers in assigning a place in this volume to Dr. Jenner. It is with peculiar pleasure the mind, satiated and disgusted with the contemplation of the political world, with the continual revolutions of empires, the inordinate ambition of potentates, the sanguinary deeds of heroes, and the artful machinations of statesmen, turns to an object where it can find repo6C. On such a theme, the pen of panegyric dwells with delight. Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands. Let others celebrate their triumphs: while we offer the humble tribute of our applause at the shrine of Jenner,--a shrine not polluted with blood! 1802-3. C The The discovery we celebrate, is the pride of Britain,--the boast of science,--and the glory of the healing art. The victory we commemorate, is a victory of man,--not over man,--but over a cruel and unrelenting disease. It is a victory, over which humanity will never mourn. Vaccine Inoculation is, beyond all comparison, the most valuable, and the most important discovery, ever made. It is a discovery, to which even that of Harvey must yield the palm. It strikes one out of the catalogue of human evils: it annihilates a disease, which ha...