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^^ ^^ 0 ^^^^ 1 ^^ ai ^ icfcery minute , hy ^ jfcit jttst ^ en ^ J ^ d Mm- to acquire J ;; i $ ^ j ^ $ p £ Ks Ji ^ Kierate fbrtune f tfcl ^ ^ s ^ the work of his haajfe ^ the conc ^ io # 3 ofhis mind ; all the ideas and ex $ erjtn £ nt $ : that he had
pservedH | ar the ' meditation of Jhls Jrev maining- lifer His family , wlm ^ had forced him to remove ; to some distance on the approach of th £ mob , i * 6 w ; tore him from this scene dfiborroPk ^ The riot continued three days , andtJie ho ^ e §;< of his friends suffered the fate of his own .
As usual , the victims were ^ the : accused , aS ^ th ^ papew railed iioti ^ a ^ ert , tliat the proo ^ of a | gi * eat c $ > nsj > i | acjr had been ; fbund ^ &inlf frthkti fs writings . This calumnr was e ^ d ^ l ^ refuted * fey f fiis
public resident during two years in " the Di sentifig- Colfes ^ e at Hadcncy , wherehe was teacher * oFcftj ^^ Re becaiaq sp ^^ |» ' |^| rftt « ^ r . JPri ^ Congregajfon , - There was sufficient time hup ju ^^
for brtjjfjrt ^ g ; ; $ a r por ^ wj ^ uW tliat m ^ isiiire - " fcire t > e ^ a pr ^^ ti ^ JJiiy any sentiniehts ; oif b ^ neVoIenp ^ ijf the sli g htest proof of ^ &i |^ i | r ^ i ^^ xiste 4 ' Uis ^ enemies ^ nteli " theli : malicje , vby the
pu ^ blishing' vilest < ralumr | ies , ui perir odical writings and political pamphlets , JJTe meet ^ th few examples of gucli violent'tbafred ; and this inhuman desire to blacken the character of a . man who did
so much rhoiiaur \ to his ' native tjouatry would fee lnexpUcaple , ja we , had jnpt seen , in ilx ^ last fifteen years , &p many instances of the effect of parlor spirit Sn , poisoning the mind , and if fifteen cental * , ries had 43 ot shewn with what fury thoie
in vectives are uttered , whose pretext is of a sacred ^ nature . Nothing in Priestley ' s di . hjposlaon seemed calculated to inspire such enmity ; the controversies in which he engaged had no influence on his feelings : for instance , he was always the friend oO !> r . Price , although they had frequently wrkten against each other ' s opinions . Far froni being haughty or turbulent , his conversation
displayed all the modesty apparent in his w ^ jtings- Nothing' was easier to f him ; -. ' rfMW to fiay ^ ** tkp ^ vj r not " ; ' ' * woril ^ ^ vhich , foul , d . not j ter : V ^ t ^ 4 .: WUl ^ t , great ]^^ . pfiiie . g ^ n ^ ra ^ itjr ^ f niiH ^ who . are l ^ med by prol ^ in ^ . His , . i&JiS § iok ?? * nomy had an expression , of saaness ratlier ^ . th ^ .. ^^^ tt 4 ( 5 f :, y ^^ avoided not thji ioSj ^^ ^ fc admlssjojn ^ of amiable vivacity intb ^ ws fucndly iGtcrcpurse , . Al ^ hav *^ grcfoiu i ; d
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in various sciences , ) te passed s ^ we ^ I hours of each day in the instruction oC children ^ This ^ ^ w ^ pati . on , and hi ^ disciples stHl ^ e : n © r ^» him with : filial tenderness , ami maaf with the-most : ardent enthusiasm . ! > K
- J ? o comidcration could restrain ^ n 0 $ } ey , wjj ^ Ji ^ itl ^ ught it his duty to defend soinetrutli ; and this trait of < iir ^ acter * sq ^ respectable in it ££ lf ± pfevencei ; ili $ eflfec ^^ f hisi amiable qualities , ami became ; the t ^ orm ^ nt of his life , becaiis ^ h ^ carried it tei excessf not JmuM&mg that argument is but the least of the
means to ^ eerripic ^ ed ifr ^ amongst mta those 6 p ^ iip 6 s ^ ^ which ^ itite | -fupt thMr ' habits ^ or wound " their temp ^ ora | 3 | ^ ij&gpt * ] Tke numberkss insults Xe i ^ ceived / ahilils fear of ag ain ^ ad ^ ngering the property and the livefc of his ffiends , a ^ . length gendered his ^« tuafeiofl ip . his native cbuntry insupportable * His " , new establishment at Plack
x ^ , ^ ere ^ & iadiistry and gatienc ^ Kaq alreadjr , enabled Jlcn to repw , iaC some measure rthe dis ^ sier £ of iirmiing ^ ham , wml& tictto ^^ since it wouW l ^ y # j ^ ifi ^ putatioqsof his enemie ^ if fcje . ' faa df ^ iSKfe into France ^ during th ^ ^ ar , hi haij " 'i uf hope of finding rejipse excepi io' / ^ t 7 nite 4 States , of America . JBut'it wW
lon g before tie , en joyed it eyeii tfiere i EpgUsh ^ prejudices pursued him beyoivd the ocean , " and until i / Lr . Jeffig | : s < m wi f made . JE ? resident he T 5 ra . $ not -without fear jot ] b ^ n ^ obli ge ^ -tx )^ jiift his asyluia . The dedication of his Ecclesiastical
History , addressed to that respectable IV ^ lgistrate , as a testimony of gratituife toe the tranquillity he had restored to tirn ^ and Mr . JeiFerson * $ ^ rejply , are fine ^ tamples ct f the / connection which may exist between nien otJetters and states * men , without debasing either ; Priestley intended to devote the rest
of his life to , the work I have just mentioned , in which he purposed to unite inone bocly the deveiopenient and ttiic proofe of all his theological opinions ' . ; but he was stopped at the fourth volume by a fatal accident : his food was one day poiaioned ; it is not known by what means ' . All the family , was inSingere ^ and he himself retnained froni that time
in a languishing state ; a gradual decline terminated Jiis existeii ^ ,, __ after three yjearsofsuffering * ¦ ¦ „ ., . , . ; ., / ¦ _; ,-v ; : ! . ^; ^ PJ w ' I ^ s |;; , mpniejits . ^^ sipps of that pie | y which , had amraatecj his whole life , aiaa wMfe * by hqing ilt
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> y .- Mm 0 gi / on Dr . JRriestley * " . & $$
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1806, page 333, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1725/page/53/
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