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Excerpt from Influence of Physical Research on Mental Philosophy: Being the Essay Which Gained the Edinburgh University Prize, Proposed to the Students of Sessions 1836-7, and 1837-8 The Committee on the Students' Prize gave in their Report, and stated that the Essay of which the mottoes are, Cet empire, ' &c. From Degerando, and True is it: Nature hides, ' &c. From Wordsworth, is the best of the eight given in which, upon opening the sealed billet, was found to be the composition of James Bell, Student of Divinity. The Senate agreed that the Prize Essay should be publicly read on Saturday the l6th instant, at two o'clock. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.