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      how few objections would regain—or rather , what numberless advantages would follow ! The present disgusting and detestable traffic would be annihilated—the faculty would be relieved from the offensive , humiliating and dangerous practice of operating on loathsome and putrid carcases—the dread

      so aaturally felt by many at the idea of being interred while the possibility of life remained , would cease to exist—and we might all rest in full assurance that , having once gone through the process of dissection in any degree , our bodies would never be wantonly disturbed , either for profit or experiment , but suffered in all the solemnity of peace to await the final disposal of our Maker .

      On these conditions , why should we hesitate ? The resurrection of the body , so as to preserve its identity , is almost an universal expectation : it is natural , then , to wish for its unmutilated and safe deposit ; and the feeling expressed by our unrivalled bard finds a vibrating chord in every breast" Blest be the man who spares these stones , But curst be he that moves my bones . "

      That I may not incur the charge ( too generally applicable to our public teachers , Heaven knows !) of recommending to others what I do not perform myself , I hereby declare it to be my wish that , at my decease , my family should act on this my recommendation . Circumstances may possibly occur , which I cannot foresee , that would render it exceedingly inconvenient , and in such case improper . Something must always be left to their discretion ; it

      is enough that I follow the example of one of the most zealous , disinterested and upright of men , and request that , as they regard my memory and good will , they will endeavour to comply with my intentions . This proviso must , however , be understood , that the request must come from the intended operators themselves , and not that the application should be made to them by my friends .

      Let , then , the faculty themselves , if they approve the plan , voluntarily come forward and ensure its success by the surrender of their own persons when the hand of death shall have arrested their useful labours , and consigned them to " that bourne whence no traveller returns , " to confer farther benefits on their fellow-men . JAMES LUCKCOCK .

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      " ANTI-SUPERNATURALISM . " Mild Teacher ! thou that once to earth brought down Celestial lore—thou , simple , grave , sincere ; Is it of Thee they say that thou didst wear The semblance of a pow'r to Thee unknown ? What ! when the sea grew calm before thy frown , When sight and sound thy gentle hand restor'd ,

      And when the dead came forth to meet their Lord , And nature seem'd through all her pow ' rs to own The greatness of thy presence—could it be That Thou , deceiving or deceiv ed the while , Couldst see the erring numbers led by Thee , Partaker of their weakness or their guile ? If it be so , then , human hope , pass by ! Wisdom is foolishness , and truth a lie .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1827, page 87, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1793/page/7/