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situation ,, with a very small salary , he lived three years . His studies during this time where chiefly classical , mathematical ^ and theological .
" While , " says he , < f I was in this retired situation , I had , in consequence of much pains and thought , become persuaded of the falsity of the doctrine of atonement , of the inspiration of the authors of the books of Scripture as writers , and of all idea of supernatural influence , except for the purpose of miracles . But I was still an Arian " ( he had become so at Daventry ) € f having never turned my attention to the Socinian doctrine , and contenting myself with seeing the absurdity of the Trinitarian system . "
From Needham he removed to' Nantwich , in Cheshire in the year 1758 . Here he continued three years ^ pr eaching to a small congregation ^ and keeping a school . " The academy at Warrington / ' he observes , €€ was instituted when I was at Needham ; and Mr . Clark , knowing the attention that
I had given to the learned languages wl > en I was at Daventry , had then joined with Dr . Benson and Dr . Taylor , in recommending me as tutor in the languages . But Mr . ( afterwards Dr . ) Aikin ^ whose qualifications were superior to mine , was justly preferred to me . However , on the death of X ) r . Taylor , and the advancement of Mr . Aikin to be tutor in divinity . I was invited to succeed him . This I accepted , though
my school promised to be more gainful to me . But my employment at Warrington would be more liberal and less painful . It was also a means of extending my connection : but , as I told the persons who brought me the invitation , viz . Mr . Seddon and Mr . Holland ofBolton , I should have preferred the office of teaching the mathematics and natural philosophy , for which I had at that time a great predilection . "
In this new situation he continued six years , and in the second year he married a daug hter of Mr . Isaac Wilkinson , an ironmaster , near Wrexham , in Wales . This proved a very suitable and happy connexion , his'wife being a woman of au
excellent understanding , much improved by reading " , of great fortitude and strength of mind , and of a temper in the highest degree affectionate and generous ; feeling strongly for others , and little for herself . She excelled in every thing relating to household affairs , and entirely ' relieved him of all concern qi
that kind , which allowed him to give all his time to the prosecution of his studies , and the other duties of his station . Did the limits of our publication permit , we could have wished to have made sorqe additional extracts , from this part of the narrative , relating to his residence at Warrington . From these it would have been seen how admirably qualified Dr .
Priestley was to discharge ttje duties of A tutor and public teacher . We would here remark , by the way , that as a writer on elementary subjects he has been seldom , if ever , surpassed ,
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Memoirs of Di \ Priestley . 433
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1806, page 433, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1727/page/41/
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