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present , to jr ^ iu the reading of the Scripture m congregation has had such efficacious and such wonderful effects , you jwght no , longer to jr ^ ect or neglect giving your attention to its contents and its precious religious institutions *?* Thus , my dear Sir , my efforts for the benefit of others have been greatly messed . I appear at present more satisfied with my lot , because I appear to be more useful than ever : in England , all my attempts at usefulness were puny compared to what they are here Many le here openl ^^ *^^* ¦ . i ^ ir **^
. peop y + mm - . « . » ^* . » ^* w ~ pan sK * - ^ Wff ^^ t ^ z ^ mr m- **^ -w a >^ » . v w express their gratitude to me as the saviour of this ^ place , which * t&ey say , must have dispersed if I hact : &Qt arrived . This is encouraging to a heart wounded with affliction as min ^ to
has been * and is yrging i ^ e on plans of future ^ sefuluess ^ . " A placq fas education a sjmday-sctool , and , above all , a Bible , $ ocie $ jf , ' if we increase * shall be my aim ana endeavour . I have already abundant testimony , that God will bless his wx > rd , and if the
rest of my life should be spent in such useful work and employment , my death-bed will be . more calm than if I had been taken from life before I had arrived at this period of utility . You will , I trust * be ablet to appreciate the station l * rpvidqnc , e ** as placed jne in ,, and feel pleasure at tbi 3
epmmuoication . My house , which is nearly finished , is a comfortable one , and can boast a roof that neither Hertford nor Marden could boast . It stands the most drenching rains and drifting snows without letting in ^ ny wet * I described
it in my former letters ; and while . I am satisfied with the comfort it affords , the Americans behold it with astonishment . < / You would hfwe t >? en much amused if you had been , with us afeyir we $£ s ainic
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"isposed to arati . their cunositv . A hete , wife , * ' said he , did # mj ey ^ see ^ cj h $ m& i' ? ^^ ffie , f # jthe Vfflsv—loQl ^ d , m fa im ^ rp ^ wer ^ ur ^ PJftWlP . ^ WM ^ W , ^ ffiW fiTOW'fflP ^^^ 8 ? * * w g ^ m rWt | b rwi ^ meix ^ , , 1 % *
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turning from these sights to the library , €€ NQpv > said he to my wife , , ' 1 iS > es 5 rour old gentlemen" ( for that iif i $ p title here ) " rc ^ adi iE those bodls ^ ' " "Yea , " said she , " he has read most of Kheoou- 19 " Wtiy if I toag too read half them . I should drive all the little
sense in my head out of it * " ' I replied that we read to increase aur senseraaid our knowledge ; but this untutored son of nature could not conceive df this till I took doAva a volume of Shawls Zoology . " YQttj Mr . Burke , are wt
old hunter , and have met with many snakes in your time . I never s ^ v above one in py iife ; now if I can teU you as m «^ fi about yotir snakes dnd deer s «^ bears and wolves , as tnueh or mc ^ re tbqtji yoij . know , you will see the 11 ^^ , iOf baqka , ^ i ? I f read M > Mm ia deecrmtipnof thje mttle snake , arid then
S > hew £ d him the plate , arid so on ., > His attention was arrested , aud . Ws thkst for knowledge fast increasing . ^ * I never saw an Indian in my life , and yet , " said I , " I can tell you all about them . * I read again ana shewed him
a coloured plate . " There , " spid he , €€ wife , is not this wonderful , that this gentleman , coming so many miles , should know these things from books only } " " See ye ^ " said fie , pointing to the Indian , * got him toa turn . " In short , I neyer felt more interested for an hour or tw& * to see how this
man ' s mind thirsted after knowledge ; and though he dreaded the appearance of so many books , he seemecf , before he left , as if he could spend his life amongst them . —Oilr Library is now consoudated ; and , that the kind intentions of yourself and others may not be lost , and that your names may live
an our memories and be perpetuated to future generations , I have conveyed all th ^ bpoks presented to Us in trusty to the proprietors of the town farther use flf , . i t id ^ . , AlbiQn I JUibrary ; written : the n # mes , of the i dopQr ^ i m them , and &
Vfm ue ^ Jejter J shall , pro form ^ be $ U ( Lp . convev tq you quk uoited thanks fe r ^ the , Moofes iv nr 0 aentted . \ Our little ^ b ^^ j ^^ iadpl ^ tio ^ travdlieifE , » xid tt Ame ; fteam s ^ y , we l from mgofo pJiBhed ^ more in o » e year tfewtr many Ae \ y settlepaents t have e&sctg ^ ^ wvfifiy ^ ta well-supplied Market , ^ netffc ' place of worship , and a good libralryv > r > v
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If Extracts of Letters from Mr . Richard Flower . 455
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1820, page 455, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2491/page/11/
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