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fhe chapter and verse where they were to be foun 4 * And , inversely , upon mentioning the chapter and verse , he could repeat the words . It was a § might be expected , a favourite amusement of his fellow students to try his powers , and
they were never known to fail him in a single instance . This faculty continued with him unimpaired , to the day of his death : for , astonishing as the assertion may appear , it is believed by all his friends to be literally true , that he never
through his whole life forgot one single number , or date , combined with any name or fact , when they had been once joined together and laid up in his memory . When once there , they were engraved as upon marble . Mr . T / s recollections were continually put to the test at the meetings of his brother ministers ; for if the question was asked , Where did we meet six or ten years ago—On what day of the month— -Who was the preacher—What was his text—Was such a person present at that time—When did such a minister come among" us—When did he
leave his place , or die—How old was he—How many childre n did he leave ?" ' &c . &x . —Questions which in the management of the Widows * ¦ Fund often occurred , no man ever thought of looking into the books , or irito an almanack for
an answer . Mr . T . was ready at a moment ; and such-was the opinion of his accuracy , that if the books had been consulted , and had reported differently , the error would have been imputed to the secretary , and not to Mr . T . ' s memory . This was deemed infallible .
It was this power of retention which enabled Mr . T . with so much case to make himself master of so many languages . Nine or ten it is certainly known that he read , not merely without difficulty , but with profound and critical skill . It is affirmed , by a friend who lived near him , ' and was in the habits of intimacy with him , ' that he was familiarly acquainted with every language in which he had a Bible or New Testament . The writer does not pledge himself to " this , though he believes it tn be true . He has found in the . catalogue of JM [ r . T . ' -s Uooks , since his death , bibles , new testaments , and other
books of value and celebrity , in several languages ; and grainmars , and dictionaries in others , though not bibles ; as in th ^ . following list : Bibles , &c . English , Latin , Greek , Hebrew with its dialects , French , JtaJran ., Spanish , German ., Welch , Onich , Swedish , Gaelic ^ Manx . Grammars , dictionaries , &Q . Arabic , Portuguese , Danish , Flemish . f That Mr . j . should feel a curiosity to see the or ^ inmars of languages which he did not critically read , may be easily
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170 Memoirs of the Rev . ± . Threlkeld .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1807, page 170, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2379/page/2/
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