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Thirlwall [Connop Thirlwall] considers 'himself to be a very ill used and unlucky man in being inveighed into the chair after he had left the room for a couple of hours, and is penitent for his outbreak; so I hope you at least continue stout of heart, and strong of stomach'. WW is writing his report on mineralogy 'which is full of induction as anything in the world is if people will only look' ['Report on the Recent Progress and Present State of Mineralogy', Report of the First and Second Meetings of the BAAS, 1832].