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u Lancaster is bere now . Thenext instant he is in the cast . We hear of him there , and he is presently in the south . He is expected in the west , but next day he is found in the north ! " We will not go
so far as the warmth of this gentleman's enthusiasm has led him , but we will with sincerity say , that if the colouring of this picture be pencilled down to the scope of human exertion , it will exhibit a faithful portrait of Joseph Lancaster . Commendation , when it
as employed to compliment any man who disinterestedly sacrifices his property and his repose for the good of the human race , never fails to run into exaggeration : but if . there ever was a man on whose
behalf there was least danger of its running into excess , that man is Jo ' seph Lancaster . Mr . Lancaster has been now several years at his present pursuit , without a relaxation o £ zeal or energy . All kinds
of bodily fatigue and mental anxiety he has suffered in fcis eaffeer of philanthropy , and he has never yet either looked for or enjoyed the slightest reward , except the appro * bation of a benevolent heart . We
have never known an instance in whi £ b the gratuitous efforts of any Irian have been so ardent or'so indefatigable * There is no man whom the shafts of calumny have not reached $ even Joseph Lancaster dan describe their
malevolence * * He certainly bits been profuse in bis contributions for the good of his county /* say the anvious , to whom the fame of others is ever insupportable , ** he has
been laborious and active without premium or compensation , but ht i »~ -vaiii H * By what ctiteKbn' h hk Vanity fudged ? Is * it cteduejU He from ' aft ' hf * hardships * dnd' fai .
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tigucs 9 from all his sacrifices and losses ? Is it to be inferred from his plain and humble demeanour , from his unostentatious- habits * from his contempt of parade and show ? Is it to be inferred from
the entire tenour of his life , from the rigid uniformity of his conduct , that has left him the same man in 1812 that he was in 1805 ? But forgetting our narrative , we are
arguing the point on a question , upon the merits of which there is never a dissentient voice , except where envy and malice make their combination to prove that no effort of man can obtain the meed
of universal suffrages . We have already observed , that Mr . Lancaster arrived in Dublin previous to the celebrated 19 th of December . He . received a specific invitation from Lord Fingal to dine at the Rotunda , and the high honour of having his name toasted , and associated with ' The Friends
of Religious Freedom , ' was beside conferred upon him . We were witnesses of the setisation that seemed to run through upwards of eight hundred noblemen and gentlemen of the first respectability , when Mr . Lancaster i-ose to return
thanks for the compliment of hav - ing his health drank , and really if we were not present , we could be never persuaded of the Universal interest excited . His address bad all the strong characteristics of his mind ; it wqs plain / candid , and
energetic . We confessed that large scenes of Conviviality neither suited the turn of bis disposition nor accorded with the maxihis of
Jmcread ; but b «^ \? fi * neverljhmeag gratified at the splendid illdstra rich he Udd seen around df tbf effects erf ! * union , ? hkrmony ^ and brotherly lovew * All the topic *
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Intelligence . —Lancastrian System in Ireland . 28 g
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1812, page 269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1747/page/61/
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