10/15 I considered first, that I had not yet obtained information sufficient on the subject, to qualify me for the undertaking of such a work. But I reflected, on the other hand, that Sir Charles Middleton had just opened to me a new source of knowledge; that I should be backed by the local information of Dillwyn and Ramsay, and that surely, by taking pains, I could acquire more. This occasioned me to review them. I had now Sir Charles Middleton, who was in the House of Commons. I was sure of Dr.Porteus, who was in the House of Lords. |