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Mr. West having thus been raised to the head 
of 
an 
institution, 
embracing 
Within 
itself the 
most 
distinguished 
artists 
at 
that 
time 
in 
the 
World, 
it 
might 
be 
Pmper 
to 
pause 
here 
to 
review the merits of the works and exertions by 
which he acquired this eminent honour, had he 
not, 
since that time, 
attained still more distinc- 
tion in his profession; 
for the 
however, 
I shall, 
present, 
suspend 
the 
consideration of 
his 
Pro. 
gress, 
3S 
3.11 
artist, 
to 
trace 
his 
efforts, 
in 
the 
situation 
of 
President 
of the 
Royal 
Academy, 
to 
promote 
the 
improvement of the 
Pupils, 
by 
those occasional discourses, 
Which, 
in 
imitation 
of the excellent example of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 
deemed 
it 
an 
essential 
part of 
his duty to 
deliver-.