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Chapter 5

           Somewerecondensingairintoadrytangiblesubstance,byextractingthenitre,andlettingtheaqueousorfluidparticlespercolate;otherssofteningmarble,forpillowsandpin-cushions;otherspetrifyingthehoofsofalivinghorse,topreservethemfromfoundering.Theartisthimselfwasatthattimebusyupontwogreatdesigns;thefirst,tosowlandwithchaff,whereinheaffirmedthetrueseminalvirtuetobecontained,ashedemonstratedbyseveralexperiments,whichIwasnotskilfulenoughtocomprehend.Theotherwas,byacertaincompositionofgums,minerals,andvegetables,outwardlyapplied,topreventthegrowthofwoolupontwoyounglambs;andhehoped,inareasonabletimetopropagatethebreedofnakedsheep,alloverthekingdom.

           Wecrossedawalktotheotherpartoftheacademy,where,asIhavealreadysaid,theprojectorsinspeculativelearningresided.

           ThefirstprofessorIsaw,wasinaverylargeroom,withfortypupilsabouthim.Aftersalutation,observingmetolookearnestlyuponaframe,whichtookupthegreatestpartofboththelengthandbreadthoftheroom,hesaid,"PerhapsImightwondertoseehimemployedinaprojectforimprovingspeculativeknowledge,bypracticalandmechanicaloperations.Buttheworldwouldsoonbesensibleofitsusefulness;andheflatteredhimself,thatamorenoble,exaltedthoughtneverspranginanyotherman’shead.

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