The HOMUNCULUS, Sir, in however low and ludicrous a light he may appear, in this age of levity, to the eye of folly or prejudice; --to the eye of reason in scientifick research, he stands confess'd--a BEING guarded and circumscribed with rights. 
The Homunculus, Sir, however ludicrous he may appear to the eye of folly or prejudice; - to the eye of scientific reason, he is a Being with rights. 