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Excerpt from A Discourse on the Life and Character of Samuel Bard, M.D. And LL. D., Late President or the New-York College of Physicians and Surgeons: Pronounced in the Public Hall, at the Request of the Trustees on the 5th Day of Nov. 1821
There are several methods of executing such tasks. When the excellences of great personages are dis played, with full blazonry, the performance is called panegyric. When, the conduct and jqualities of a less elevated person are made the theme Off Commendation, it is termed eulogy. When the Whole origin, pre gress, education, Opinions and 'deportment Of an individual are detailed minutely, with the errors foibles incidental to human nature, as well as the vir tues, talents, and for which he was distinguished, it is strict and proper Sense 'cf the word.
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