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    full length , or a finished mrniatttSfc ^ fiiml by tho ^ e whakhew Df , Asli % brt ^ it Will be thought scarcely a slidde ^ or even a ' ske- ' letoiiS shade * Mr , Palmer seems to % kve expected , that the piece

    womd receive additions . But if a blemish , as 1 fear , should be tfirbwn on the canvas by my pencil ** ' the touches of one more corripeteint should be superseded , J shall Jong rue my interference .

    ***~ r' Your ' s , T . THOMAS . At the decease of Dr . Doddridge gri-e&was so poignant ^ that a liu miaary of the first order was d « e * tned necessary to dispel the gloom . Of this no one was more

    sensible than , his successor , who many years after expressed undiip inished surprise at the Doctor ' s Mmanatioji nnd his o , \ vn complianpe . B * i t if a painful coniciousrjes ^ of inferiority , an unshafcen rc ^ o ^ u ^ ion for indefatigable

    ^ ij q gers ^ yering labour , and fer-^^ it supplication for divine heJp ( C ^ ui cl con ) p ^ jfi 3 ^ te for the defici-^ pcy , j [ Vlr . iVsiiworth was the man . ' *} . ! T > h % Ji ^ rp ^ ss he then put on "

    death only took off . More incessant $ na vigorous toil can scarcely be iniligirjed . In activity all his plea , spires , ^ all bis prospects centred . $ . 0 t even , his own constitution

    ^ pould siiMain such exertion with-91 U injury . The boasted accom . prishment oM * doins things easily ar ^ gt ... rapidly" he never eould enqtire , and certi » inly no affectation to in

    is a greater b ^ ne 1 pro yemen t , Ther $ must be njucri cultivation Deforce maturity can be expected , and &xce . lfence loves and repays cultivation in its most advanced Q $ well as in its earliest stages . fl . iR attainments may not be . al-Uwjedtq be brilliant cqnsiderjed

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    only in a lirerary and philosophicaf point of view r fctif Cftnsifiei-&d as qualifying for and ' sicttialfy Up * plied to the useful sphere in which he moved , they were very erriinent . Of no individual ^ cienc ^

    was he particularl y enamoured * He studied life as well as books , and had accumulated such astoCk of valuable ideas , that he cdtfld take the lead in general Conver t sation to great ad van tage ? . He did not aspire after being * th 6 life and soul of the party , ** but hte '

    company was pleasant ahd in * structive to ihe mechanic , tSe manufacturer , the- scholar &ti& the divine . Thodgh destitute ^ f the polish of the viorld , lie discovered the urbanity of thfe gentleman , and he would have he ; eri respectable in any class of society and on any signal occasidri .

    Of the value of time it is jsuWl y not possible for man to ext ^ d his ideas . He knew riot h 6 v * r to be indolenh and seldom , ifeVer , wished to relax . If his pert and

    tongue were not in reqtiisiuoti , liTs thoughts were erjualfy busy . ' HH ^ countenance almost ahvays tridf * cated the full mind . If a rHhtffy of youths' were detained two

    fttinutes beyond the appointed nidment , he would enter the room with an apology , which he- might not have received in the same circumstances from theni , However respectful iii their gene / rail

    delay by clear and convincing calculation . i 4 You have not merely lost a quarter of an hour yourself , but look around and e » . timare the general loss ; you hav «

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    Additions to the Memoir of Dr . Ashworth . 11

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1814, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2436/page/11/