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whetherlie shouldAlive to finish it , and when lie ^^ ^ o ' TOeble to Mspeak long , or M l ^^ i ^ i ^ ^ ' ; mmedmg stage pi 3 ^^ p | -t ^ p ?| 5 e 4 foirnieifl vanous literary pib $$ 0 $ ^ otie w&s tb shew that there is ^^ material difference in the
manner in wluch we % cqture our ideas of the pfi&atory kotd ^ cd ^^ qualities of matleri j f iWr ^ ^ prepared , in hia bwii hand-writing , a short &a ^ ihe $ f ^ rm ^ inibn ^ bn this subject : aiia W& &re informed that
the paper * has beeftf Submitted t 6 a philosopher eminently capable of appreciating its inerits . In thik IWemoir , Dr . Wells unbosoms himself to his readers with the
frankness which he seems to have been in the habit of cherishing ; ¦ ' omnis
pateat veluti descnpta tabelld . vita— . He was distinguished by a love of truth and a strict adherence to it , by fortitude , ingenuousness and honesty . To his relations he exercised great
tenderness and affection . Nor did he { ail of conciliating the regard of individuals who are themselves both estimable and amiable . To number among his intimate friends such men as Dr . Baillie and Dr . Lister was an honour which he might well be desirous of
recording , and which proves that no contrast in manners ana in fortune , no varieties in temper and opinion , can subdue the mutual attachment of persons of eminent and solid merit .
The obligations of Dr . Wells to his Mends are gratefully acknowledged by him : the following testimony to the kindness of one among , them we have read with particular interest , aAd we
are persuadedojf its being strictly just : "My obligations to Di ;; Lister are extreme . During ; the whole . of my dis- ^ ease he ^ vi sited , ine Qn £ tf * ntly twice and sometimes thrice arday ; and during each oftji ^ se vjs * t $ fte jras con 4 uct # 4 himself towards nie ; wfW ; raiy 'iff much Wndness&WmS ^ 1 An t € ontnnal hardness qt chtfrne-^ bteWpwp •; ffl > hxs ov ^^ pil i l \^ . I ^ Mj B ^ ^^ ^ hnVKA «« kiS * $ W ^\ Mtr 5 | f $ ? ^ HnT-l flfi uaroour oifa larficfe aea ^ nort in America * art A ' - ' HL * '• ' ¦ Oi ^ ri w * Xj $ ^ IWWS Xi ^ r *^ . T \ W 7 r e"wr 2 ^ ^ i RLwii pM with sailor boys , he contracted a pi $ Cr w ^ p Pfr swearing , ! of VeW ^ i ^ mtwtts ^^
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He was naturally imtable ^ an ^^^ youth passionate and violent . Yet h ^ ajpE « a ^ t * ft ^ eh ^ i ^ l !| p ^^ lie pains in correcting the faults of his
temper ! With no one 6 f his five most intimate friends had he ever the srnall est difference : and he declares thett he has borne the grossest Ms « H ^^ h !§ i k was unmanly to take immediate notice ofit ^ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦•!; - 1 . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ h- ^ U' . rb . t- ; - - .-.
In his earliest childhood he began to shew aa invincible firmness of mind , which , we suspect , often degenerated into obstinacy . While he was * gene ^ rally inflexible in will and purpose , he gave proof of being not a little tenacious of his S opinions . " By pifeeiple /* says he , €€ 1 atm a constitutional Toty but my manners , I should think , would lead most persons to regard me a Republican . " On the accurajcy of the language , a constitutional Tory , we shall oner no remark : hi looking back , however , on Dr . Wells' early history , we see room to doubt whether his
Toryism was entirely the offspring of his reason ; we have not forgotten " the tartan coat and blue Scotch bonnet "! From this Memoir of his life the philosophical inquirer into human nature will deduce several conclusions
illustrative of the laws of the intellectual and moral habits . The diligence , the integrity , the self-denial of Dr . Wells all—and most of all they whose circumstances are similar tp his—will find their advantage in imitating : while the comparatively trifling professional
success of this very able pfersoiv may teach eveiry man who would be the architect of his own fortune , that " hardness ot Character" will grfeatly impede his progress , even if it So not totally defeat his hopes .
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Art . Ih- ^ Mem ^ irs a /* the' Isife and Writing of the f&iev . Willtom Richards , LLJD . ivkodiedatLunn , Sept 0 ^ i ^\ % 1819 , ' ( l& 18 i >; itiik < > sixty-ninth year of his L ^ fc . With some Jiccotint of the Rev . Roger muimwMmfo BhoaeMand ^ asmms ^ Fmm A / m th ^ tmm « n ^| w jjma j > - -w / -.. ? ^^ syB ^^^ ^ r bom 1749 , in tW > pa ^ #
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Review . ^ -Evan&s Memoirs of Richards * , 301
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1820, page 301, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2488/page/45/
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