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      J . M / S REFLY TO THE CUROtMAN ON THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST j . ' "t To the Editor of the Monthly Repository ^ LETTER , I . . i

      sir , Or * . 22 , 1807 , It is * with peculiar pleasure that I VPQitfgMve in . your publication a liberal work . open to the t nivestk > .., ' , !• • . | » . > . « ... , >

      gation of trtitto . Tft ^ dd hijsslonf ^ of my Observation ^ dn IHfc fel £ r ^ > gyman ' * Remark * , mJ ^ K ^ J been expected ftorta ihbir conke-i ¦

      ttift ... - " . . * GilberCL Wakefitfld . ¦ v / ..,. v ^ r ,, - ' « - •* « 4

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      personal intercourse between US ; , but we interchanged unequivocal and strong testimonies of the ine ~ . Mitable and generkil unison of pur-, minds , from the prevailing strain , of our natures , and of our l c ^ rjr * . lectual pursuits . Let politicaf and ecclesiastical power loofe down from their artifiqiah heights ^ and learn Christian toleration and .

      benevolence from two . privater men , wfrom a disdain of hypocri ^ sy , and of misprision of ? tn | th ^ v doomed to walk in fhe huni ^ ler vate of life . Accept- thou ami- .

      able and beautiful § hade ! thisy ingenuous and respectful offerings to thy genius and th ^ virtues ! . If thy happy and ete ^ Qal state ; admits any sublunary ; ) $ ibject& to thy view ^—that a-friend bestowed on thy merit t ^ iat honest eulogy ^ which hireling state-scribblers dej * nied thee , will , in some degre e * deserve , thy approbation . * Thcf \ recollection that I was honoured with the attention andregafd © f-Gilbert Wakefield , will always ; be propitious to every temper of my mindf ; it will inyigorate my active , it will console , my languid hours ^ t

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      It is impossible for my best feelings not to fling aside every paltry caution , ( according to their Usual ardour , ) and pay a slio ^ put sincere tribute to the memory of that excellent man * . His

      learning was extensive and elegant ; and it was modelled and polished by a tflfely attic taste . The integrity of his heart did honour to the , powers of his mind-C how conquerors , and , splendid , usurpers shrink before him!)—that

      integrity could not have beencorruptfed by an offer of the empire , of the world ! His very faults were glorious ; they were the excesses m a mind of unbounded and intrepid generosity ; they resulted from a divine enthusiasm

      Kj > r civil a . id religious freedom ; for public and' private virtue . I owe this little tribute to his meirtory ^ from gratitude as well a $ from justice Our sentiments , on some of the most important subjects , were diametrically opposite : yet Wa entertained for each other tip warmest good wishes ; the warmest mutual esteem . I add , with regret , thatj from our accidental situations andt connexions in life , there was > io

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      £ , < / EVUQOIVM &N THE UTB MR * GJiliB ^ ItT WA& ^ ttiLfi i ^ * , u ( from Lectures on the Truly Eminent English Poets , by iWctval Stockdale , } ust : *' ¦ "• published , iu z vois . Svo . ) ll >« ' i ¦ t ¦ ' I ¦ ¦

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1808, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2388/page/15/