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The following passages are extracted from the oration ( which we hope will soon be published entire ) delivered over the remains of this-most illustrious man , by Dr . Southwood Smith , at the Webb-Street School of Anatomy , on Saturday the 9 th of June . None who were present can ever forget that impressive scene . The roam is small and circular , with no-window but a central skylight , and capable of containing about three hundred persons . It was filled , with the exception of a class of medical students , and some eminent members of that profession , by friends , disciples , and admirers of the deceased philosopher , comprising many men celebrated for literary talent , scientific research , and political activity . The corpse was on the table in the centre of the room , directly under the light , clothed in a night-dress , with only the head and hands exposed . There was no rigidity in the features , but an expression of placid dignity and benevolence . This was at times rendered almost vital by the reflection of the lightning playing over them ; for a storm arose just as the lecturer commenced , and the profound silence in-which he was listened to was broken , and only broken , by loud peals of thunder which continued to roll at intervals throughout the delivery of his most appropriate and often affecting address . With the feelings which touch the heart in the contemplation of departed greatness , and in the
presence of death , there mingled a sense of the power which that lifeless body seemed to be exercising in the conquest of prejudice for the public good , thus co-operating with the triumphs of the spirit by which it had been animated . It was a worthy close of the personal career of the great philosopher and philanthropist . Never did corpse of hero on the battle-field , * with his martial cloak around him / or funeral obsequies chanted by stoled and mitred priests in gothic aisles , excite such emotions as the stern simplicity of that hour , in which the principle of utility triumphed over the imagination and the heart . We give the commencement of the address , and then some illustrations of the principles of Mr . Bentham ' s philosophy , and of his personal character : — The occasion on which we are now met in this place , and the circumstances under which we meet , are remarkable and affecting . e There lie before us the mortal remains of one of the most illustrious men of our country and of our age . That body , once animated by a master-spirit that now animates it no more , why is it here ? Why instead of being committed to the tomb is it in Aiis school of science ? Why is it appropriated to the advancement of that particular science which is taught within these walls ,
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ON THE CHARACTER AND PHILOSOPHY 0 F THE LATE JEREMY BENTHAM .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1832, page 450, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1816/page/18/
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