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Excerpt from Elements of Botany, Vol. 1 of 2: Or Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables
That period has not yet arrived. I have, however, the satisfaction of observing, that these sciences are making some, nay even great, advances among us; and I still ?atter myself, that the directors of our principal American universities, or other seminaries of learning, but, in particular, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (in which all the branches OF ME dical science are taught much more exten sively than IN any other part OF the united state will see the propriety, and even necessity, of giving more substantial encouragement for the exten sion of Natural History among us.
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