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    ehiefly asserts -its analogy to genius S « me minds * even from their . most early years , xlwell , with peculiar pleasure , on descriptions of noble characters , and image them , with , delight . . They : wiH > : henrce , be prompted to imitate , and , if -possible , lo surpass theiix ^ in the vrtoral qualities which they most

    ftdmiire ^ To such impressions the 'JBjenerality of mankind are totally insensible , and are Svholly , engrossed by self interest , or ignoble amhilion , and Jmg themselves in the conceit of their prudence , and their policy ,: They

    can-# ot discover , with their feeble eyes , > hat region , in which the man , who is really virtuous , dwells , and , although they were translated into it , the purity of its atmosphere would be too keen for their asthmatic

    lungs-There is another point of resem-}> lance : jt > etweeo genius aad hi g h probity . As tW former embraces objects of a char ^ cfcer ^ raised above ordinary life ; so , itfr cannot always stoop to the imnvrte consideration of these , and is

    liable to be . deceived by that low £ and xmcroggopicqj cunning ? , whose attention is / exclus ively devoted to sucih ¦ objects . XtuSjCase fetne same with diftmgnisfted Probity .. She can ,- with ,. jdtffiduky , conceive the ^ meai&tand conitembtible

    arts * the complete degradatidm of moral character ,. to which InkftrabHi / often descends ; and she is , tbw ^ , sometttne % rvfo | r a 3 hort tipie , deceived by these ignoW ^^ nd r <^/« 7 e ? devicesv . ^ This leadftilfie raoe * Avho practise them ; to on * their

    vaUie ; t ^ in ^ eJtves , > childish st tgQtiity * J&it , no iwsiaat ' . o-f genim , or , oi rfeal ttwi /^ wiH ^» vy thena their ^ eeping distinction * :. ¦ t riife ^ . were . ' much to . be wished that ^ hft se . And sijnilar , considerations , had , infl

    *> I K ^ rn&ttlsHi < i » . ^ h eir due uence . If thsy possessed it , admiration and ap ^ j | 4 ^ P ^^ voMld not be exclu « ivdy appro-I » rj 4 | e 4 j ^ o brilliancy of genius ,, or to ^^ nd ^^ r of achievement ; : : bnt , gertuine moraltfpcfiUence would obtain its fcgittroate \ \ share . Genius often flatters nt

    p ^ jtvefful and o puleVice , or , by the cfepl&y of ' metaphysical acumen , distorts 4 # itU ± » nd reconui 3 Lend $ envr . Heroism , . vulgarly so called , has deluged the earth with Wood , and laid waste , the . habitations 0 f men . Moral excelr Jcnce U " thesalt ^ f the earth , ' * owhiefti prevents the putrefaction of the human

    * Matt , v . 13 .

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    species . This ts so much the * case that , were it hot for those vikubol individuals , w ^ honr divine Pnbvidence supporting * truth and virtue , has in every age , stationed in different parts of tne world , human corruption would proceed with such accumulated as ° ra *

    ygtion , that the condition of our species would-be' desperate . It is to the wis ^ o nv the beneficence , and the perseveralnce of such men , that the world is indebted for every salutary plan which has been adopted , an d ' for every good institution which has ever

    been established . Notwithstanding the opposition with which they have had to struggle , ! the noblest title that any mortal can obtain , is thatofbein * thejriendv . qfi God , aud the benefactor of mankind * ,

    Let tho $ e < who pervert their power for the purposes of oppressive pride , or lavish their wealth in dissipation , ' \* sensuality i ij \ Jrwolqus amusement , and in all that . degrades' jthe individual , and injures society ; let such institute Si fair comparison between themsehes , and Mr . Burnett , and learn to acknow

    ledge that , in spite of / their ; ostentatatious ctss-ucaption , and- ridiculous vanity , * " tH ^ y sihk into utter ^ insigniiicance , and ought to be satisfied if they are allowed to pass , with , silent contemj > t , r As soon . asLtneiTrbbdies are consigned ? td the grkve ^ their names are either buried / in oblivion—4 foeir

    most . fortunate posthumous > conditmn <« - or are mentioned itvitK ^ derts io ^ or disgust . Hia is recbrdfeu > ^ s that ' of the patron ^ of exalted and salutary

    science ^ aja the reliever of indigeneeps& the comforter of distress ; and will- •• Be transmitted , with vinditfiinished > aj * plause , feoi remote posterity- To . hun may be juatly ? applied pope ' s beautifiu lines ; in which he desenbes the Aaof

    ^ actejr the Man . qe Rossj W , L . BROWT * .

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    444 . Origin arid Ilistortf qf > Benejht qf Clergy . i

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    Origin and History of Benefit < y &erg !/ > from Chitty ' s ^ Practical Treatise on the . Criminal Law . * *•

    067 . BY for the most important cMfCums * tance intervening between conviction ami judgment , is the . claim and allowance Vif the benefit of c ^ tM * in those ) cases wh « re it is by law t 6 « # l ^ rapted ; Ii is , of cpurse claii ^ immediately - before judgment at in » assizes . Thfe b on « of the > m **

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 444, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/8/