842 a censure which appeared in the minutes wouldwhich i has been spent in carrying out the Act would have be held to be libellous. Under legal advice thegone to swell the returns of the Inland Revenue Department. President never goes farther than to recommend a person who The *: payments made to members of Council for their attendhas barely escaped conviction to be careful with regard toances were fixed by the Privy Council; and it is notorious a his future conduct. in a large proportion of cases these payments are ini that Although Dr. Welsford does not always use wordssufficient to preserve the recipients from pecuniary loss. I {should have liked to glance at the abundant small inaccucorrectly, it cannot be denied that he has a copious " ] racies, Tocabulary. I find among his"derangement of epitaphs misquotations, or misstatements, by which Professor such gems as the following :-" Childish"(applied to Horsley’s compositions are disfigured, but many of these are men of double his age and twenty times his ex- personal to myself, and are, therefore, unimportant. I can] ] venture on account of them to make a larger demand perience), "pigheaded obstinacy," "selfish ends," "dreary not record of inefficiency," "inconsistent and contradictory 1upon your space.-I have the honour to be, Sirs, Your most obedient servant, views," "simple ignorance," "purposely concealed," "mire of misrepresentation," and the like. R. BRUDENELL CARTER. This, of Harley-street, Sept. 4th, 1896. course, is mere vituperation, of which any cabdriver could ’deliver himself with equal skill, and, possibly, in greater abundance. Its chief interest is in the evidence it affords " WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC PLAGIARISM ? " that a Cambridge doctorate, even when conferred so lately as To the Editors of THE LANCET. in 1891, does not of necessity modify the natural simplicity of human manners. As a last word to him, may I say that MESSIEURS LES DIRECTEURS,-On me communique le my argument from the great men of the past was perfectly numerode votre estimable journal THE LANCET du 29 Aout, valid to the extent in which I applied it. It suffices to raise dans lequel se trouve un article intitule "What is Scientific a presumption that their views may have been right, and that Plagiarism ?" Cet article contient un grand nombre de
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