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on moral , theological and scientific subjects were ** neither few nor small . " It was his intention to have selected and prepared for the press a volume of sermons , but this was never done , and being deterred perhaps by the injudicious zeal of surviving friends , who not unfrequently bring forward what the author himself would have consigned to oblivion , he has left orders in his will that not any of them shallbe published , and that all his other papers , shall be destroyed . The leading
characteristic of all his compositions on whatever subject , was the air of originality which under his management it assumed ; the spark of genius never failed to
irradiate the wholej and to throw new lights even on those truths which are already well known and established . He had paid particular attention to the manner of
delivering his discourses , which was peculiarly forcible and energetic , it being his decided opinion that those things ought not to be neglected * of themselves however
unimportant , on which the acceptableness , and consequently the usefulness of a public speaker so greatly depends . His favourite relaxation from severer
labours was the study of natural history , in which he was a great proficient , and which in his lnkid was always subservient to the great interests of piety and virtue , as well as to the mere extension of knowledge .
Among the many who will long have cause to lament the loss of this eminent person , are the friends of the academical institution , removed frotn Manchester to this city , of which lie was the firm and able supp 6 rter , tjie warn ) mid
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judicious patron * At his in « stance it was , that his highly esteemed friend , the present excellent theological tutor , was prevailed upon , without any view to pecuniary advantage , to hazard an undertaking , arduous in the extreme , and beset with difficul
ties of \ yhich those only who are acquainted with all the circumstances can form an adequate idea . But he saw and felt the importance of continuing and supporting an institution so closely connected with the interests ot
truth , and of pure , unadulterated , unsophisticated Christianity , This friend he well knew possessed the learning and the talents , and he > perceived in his character , the dispositions , the habits , and tfae
virtues , which would eminently qualify him for that important station . He had been unable , since the severe illness already mentioned , to visit the institution in person , but he heard with
delight of its increasing success ; and when informed last year at Buxton , by a gentleman who had been present , of the credit with which the students had passed their general examination at the end of the session , his heart was
too full for utterance , and he shed tears of joy . How eloquent is the voice which issues from thq grave of such a minister and such a man in favour of the only iasti *
tution at this time in the kingdom ^ where young men can be edu- » cated on principles similar to hia own ! Surely it will not plead in , vain ; other friends will arise to
its support , ( and it requires sup ., port ) who if they hftve not all his talents , will at least imbibe his virtuous zeal , and truly p hilan ^ thropic spijrit . * '
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Memoir of the late Rev . W * Wood ^ of Leeds , by Mrs . Cappe . 233
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 233, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/5/
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