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trutfy , as it is manifested in the four gospels , and the writing of the apostles , Aviator Veritatis . BRIEF MEMOJRS OF CAPT . PAUL
CUFFEE . ( Continued from p . 322 . ) He set himself earnestly to ' work , and wirh his hands formed and completed , from keel to gunnel , the much desired boat . This boat was without a deck , but he had been
concerned in two whaling voyages ., and was therfore perfecty skilled in the management of such machines ,. His cargo was carefully arranged in this precious boat . He launched into the ocean and was steering for the island of Nantucket when the Refugee Pirates discovered , chased , and seized himself and treasures .
Robbed of every thing , he returned home penny less but not discouraged . In a short time he prevailed with his brother to join him in erecting and loading a new boat . They proceeded together for Nantucket , unhappily they struck on a bar and nearly ruined their boat . With their own hands they repaired their vessel , and
without any new disasters reached > their intended port . But here new misfortunes befel him . The Refugees were acquainted with his arrival at Nantucket , and watched for an opportunity to reap , for themselves , the harvest of hi * voyage ; they waylaid , and seized him , and after jobbing him , they cruelly mal-treated
his person . So many and such various untoward events would have extinguished , in the breast of almost any common adventurer , every spark of commercial enterprize . Under his numerous and repeated discomfitures the courage of most persons would have failed , they
would have abandoned in despair the trackless ocean for the furrowed field , or sunk the victims of mi ' fortune . But Paul ' s courage-was not of that yielding temper . He possessed the inflexible spirit of perseverance , and firmness of mind which seemed to entitle him to success
in an honest and honourable pursuit , and such indeed as seemed to deserve a more succes ful issue for his endeavours . He was always conscious that his motives to action were virtuous , and that the path which he had marked out was fair and honest , and he believed that while he maintained integrity of heart and conduct , } ic might humbly hope fox the protection
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of that wise and good Providence which governs the world . Under such impress iom he prepared for another voyage * In an open boat , with a small cargo , he again directed his course towards the island of Nantucket . The weather was favourable , and he arrived safely at the destined port . The course of adverse events which he had experienced , had taught him the useful lessoh of fortitude amidst
personal and pecuniary sufferings , and ht "was now to learn another , not less important , but of a very different tenor . Hitherto all his attempts in trade had been unsuccessful ; the current continueall y set against him , but now it began to change—the tide of his affairs became
favourable and bore him along in a prosperous course . At Nantucket he disposed of his little cargo to considerable advantage . The profits of this voyage encouraged and enabled him to enlarge his plans . He returned to his native place near West-port , ( Massachusetts ) and erected a covered boat of 1 % tons
burthen . He hired a person to aid him as a seamen , and made many and frequent coasting voyages to different parts of the State of Connecticut . He continued in this trade -with general advantage , until he arrived at his twenty-fourth
year . He now concluded to sejtle himself at home for some time and enjoy the fruit of his labours in the mild pleasures of domestic life . H-e was about twentyfive years old , when he married a native of the soil , a descendant of the tribe to
which his mother belonged . He passed a few years in agricultural employments , during which time his family increased , and he perceived that a renewal of his trading concerns would be necessary to meet the new calls on his funds . Until the time of his father ' s decease , Paul had not received the benefit of literary
instruction . He was so entirely untutored in books that he could not read a line , and scarcely knew the letters of the alphabet . Notwithstanding this disadvantage he was not insensible to the blessings of literary knowledge , on the
contrary he had occupied his moments of leisure in the improvement of his inin 4 so wisely , that at the period of his mais raige , he could read and write , and was so well skilled in figures that he was able to resolve all the common ruta of Arith-
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In teliigente . £ 85
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1807, page 285, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2380/page/61/
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