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fckorc than a natural bias of the mind , became by degrees a moral principle , and grew up into a fixed habit © f universal , active , and disinterested benevolence . His eloquence , that divine eloquence , which astonished and captivated the world , consisted , not in pomp of diction nor in melody of sound ; not merely
in a happy selection of expressions , though the best and the most appropriate which the language could fupply , spontaneously offeree ^ themselves to his use ; not in dazzling the fancy with brilliant imagery ; not in bewildering the understanding with plausible sophistry ; not in flattering the prejudices of
his hearers , nor in exciting false hopes or groundless terrors to render them blindly subservient to party-purposesto such unworthy artifices his manly spirit disdained to stoop . His eloquence was of a nobler hind . Plain , nervous , energetic , vehement ; it simplified what
was complicate , it unravelled what was entangled , it cast light upon what was obscure ^ , and through the understanding it forced its way to the heart . It came home to the sense and feelings of the hearer , and by a secret irresistible charm , it exhorted the assent of those who were most unwilling to be convinced . And to crown all , this a .
tonishing eloquence was uniformly exerted in the cause of liberty and justice , in defence of the oppressed and persecuted , and in vindicating the rights , the freedom , and the happiness . of mankind . Political discrimination was another characteristic © f this illustrious man .
In questions of the utmost difficulty and delicacy , and of the greatest importance , such as have occurred in the present age beyond any former period , his penetrating mind hardly ever failed to distinguish with the greatest accuracy the right , the honourable , and the useful ; and to steer an even Course between
opposite and perilous extremes . He was the friend of reform , but of temperate and peaceable reform . He was the advocate for peace ; and had his counsels been pursued , they would probably have ensured universal peace -. but it
was his avowed principle that even peace might be bought 100 dear ; when it was purchased at the expense of the honour , the liberty , or the safety of the Country j Tyranny in every » hape wus tjje object of his implacable aversion ; but he was equally an enemy to licenti-
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ousness and anarchy , and wt $ a £ ealon » supporter of the authority of the law as the only security of rational liberty j and in all the turbulence- of the times , he seldom ,, if ever , failed to observe that temperate and guarded medium iu which
true political wisdom consists . And to these splendid talents , this extraordinary man added an unaffected simplicity of manners , the characteristic of true greatness of soul , and an amiablencss of
disposition , which woo the hearts of all who were honoured with his personal acquaintance . —( 'lohecanthiued *) BISHOP of " ST-- . ASAPH . The name of Dr . Samuel Horsley , is , a&-ded to the list of the eminent men who
within these few months have died , leaving a memorable example r cf the instability and vanity of human , greatness . He departed this liie at Brighton , on Saturday , Oct . -4 . His death was somewhat sudden , as he wat
walking in various parts of the towflj though at that time visibly unwell , < m the preceding Wednesday . Dr . H . was for many years rector of St . Mary ' s Newingtbn , the first benefice to wliicfe he was promoted , and which he held long after his preferment to a bishopric For his first seat on the episcopal benck , he was indebted to his friend the late
JLord Thurlow , ( whom , it is observable ^ he did not survive a month ) who raised him , in 1788 , to the bishopric of St * David ' s- In 1793 , he was translated to the See of Rochester , with which Jie held the deanery of Westminster , and i& i 8 oz , elevated ,-on the demise of Dr .
Bagot , to the more lucrative biohopric o £ St . Asaph . No man , of the a ~ e , perhaps , possessed more of what is generally understood by the idea of recon - dite' learning-, or was more profoundly versed in classical chronology . lie edited and illustrated some of the most
important of Sir Isaac Newton ' s works * and was himself the author of several mathematical productions . He was ina ^ ny years a leading member of the Royal Society ,- but withdrew from it , as has been said , in disgust at a certain high
appointment . His concluding words on retiring , were , * ' I <| uit that tempie where philosophy once presided , and where Newton was her officiating minister . * ' As an ecclesiastic , he "was distinguished by his tenaciousness of whatever had been established , whe-r the ? by wisdom or by accident , and by
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1806, page 549, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1729/page/45/
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