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^ / ai ^ jtalettt ^ b ^ wWfh he mm ^ mmm to clothe , in le ^ iieise and fai » iiid 3 expressions , tlie most profound and orig inal * views of the most <* otnpUeated ouestioas 5 and thus to reader the which he communicated
knowledge so manageable aad uno ^ tetitatious , as to turn out his pupUs from the sequestered retreats of a college , in a condition immediately to apply their acquisitions to the business and affairs of
the world . 2 a indulging ; w these recollections , I am afraad I am but imperfectly intelligible tto ( the youaager part of my hearers , to . < whom the eminent individuals I have mentioned ea ** be known
only as historical or » traditionary persous : but there is one other departed light * rf the $ ai » e remote period , in referring to whom * I believe , I may reckon upon fche syiaaj > athy -of every one who now hears me , and over
whose recent aad ^ sudden extinction all will be equally ready to lame&t . It is m 6 la © c ^ ly *~^ and monitory , I trust , * o us < aH » "Hfct reflect , that , in the short space which has elapsed since
my election to thisoijrce , this seminary has been deprived of one of the oldest aad most distiiiguished of the teachers by Whom it has ever been adorned ; mid it is no small detraction from the
pleasure which I promised myself in appearing bem t ^ -day , that I cannot be welcomed by ifoe indulgent smile < of that amial ) le and -eminent individual . 1 had the happiness of receiving a very Mud message frorm him , dictated , I believe , < the svery day feefore his deaths and when I was for * indeed , &om
suspecting that it was * to be the last act of our intercourse on eartiu I need not say that I have been alluding to the late excellent Mi > Young , ^—na man whose wjiole : heart waa to the last in the arduous f ^ dfecmourable task to whioh his daya wem devoted , ^ ud who added to the great stores of learning
the tquiek # agaeity and discriminating taste by wliitjU he was so n > uch distin-^ uisbed , ^ n unextinguishable ardour and genuine enthu » i ^» itt for the studies 5 a Which < h % mm * Engaged , tWt made the acquisition ojP knowledge ai ^ the con ^ oniuwicatioin of it , # fliu * Uy a delight , - ^ Mtt ^^^ Kay fwith iiafetta ^ ad attaintaents that « mpm&& i oirfyf i jcQwi ^ atible > »¦ - tr f- ' ^ > -j ,. » -M ¦ ' ¦* ' ?' ¦ / n ; . ?; —u ^ * k vt'u » , ir ; ikic ' ¦ .. »! v ¦ ^ T . r ; • ' ¦ ' : ; * -Ji-W ^ iMiiBBw- * ? y ? " itip * :
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with the clmrttctey of 4 reeiu ^ w ? Uo ^ c © mbJn ^( i > mot roerety t ^ mo ^ j ^ so ^^ fljid ftaepSly d ^^ jti ^^ | b # 4 i ^ h ^^ prompt , Hv « ly and generPi | 8 F mhnif ^ tfeEt < rf every species Qfe ^^ peJlew ^ jas
joaade ta $ whole life OW scenes p | ^ ajoyment , and gave ta the . ^ pi-gil ^^ o ^ s which it daily heW » out to hi $ fti ^ nd ^ and disciples , a valuie not ; j ^ afwor ; to that of his more formal instamctioBS ^
I have permitted myself to s ^ ty J , hus jjauch of the dead . ¦[¦ Ot t ^ he , living , however unwttlmg ly * I be % n ^ I : mp $ now forbear to say mj $$ && ilKf *; J cannot resist' congratulating myself , and all this assembly , thati ! still $ ee
beside m $ one * &mbi ^ ttiFW ^ , # p tiny early youiH ^ -the mp ^ t ^ fcv £ rp&rr the most justly va | upd of ail rpy in ^ structors ;—the in # ? idualhof , wfcpm I must fee allowed to 'Wf ^ A&w whrt I ji ^
have never omitted rtp ^ y w&y other place , that ft ; & t ^ wsi »! a ^ -lw most judicious instrujction ^ i J&at I owe my taste fw l ^ tersj , m& wxp - ) ittif literary distinction I may since l ^ pre been enabled to attmn . It is noswi ^ U
part of the gratification © f this 4 tfYv & 9 fcad hiea faere , p ^ oce ^ riiug ,, wfelijW * - bated vigour And ardour , in the en ^ inenitly useful eap ? eer to which his jfife has been dedicated z ^^ and I hiO # e and
^ rust tha ^ he will yet communicate , many generations of pupils , thpse ine » iamaWe bejaefits ta winch m ^ ymw easily do greater honour , \ mt for wjiith no ( One can be moire ^ mcerejy grat ^ il than the humble individual who * ppr addresses you . \
But I mmt itiot indulge xnjsfiU farithar an themes like thsse ; w 4 o ^ gbjt faere , perliaps , indeed , ft ^ 4 ? teae this lo&ag address . There is ; pne H ^ p ip , howerer ,, which I feel it womld be ) W-
eatisfactory , and ana sm » tha , t it would be unnatural , to pass over in absolute silence . Every , one * hftt / he&rs m ® is aware , that in * he pride a » a t $ ^ pleasure of this day there »^ e , Qr , ir ^ # ier
were , sofflae grains of alloy . My weption ^ vas not unanimous z-rr ^ iMi , J b # d aot « he ^ support iqI 1 those revermd md learned persons , of the ^ Ifr&miwfc 9 $ e yood opmion I r tmist I am * fully a ^ we . To rsome it may appear th ^ t * t would iiave been wiser / and mor ^ e deje ^ rpus to , htoe omtoed > aW i n ^ iit ^ l pfl JftfcjffiTcumstancei » My ittxpix ^ iow ^ I coaf ^ p , _ ' , ¦ : ' - «{ 'tf . ¦ ¦ - ¦! * i ^ : ,.: > . ii . : ^; |^ M !?^ ¦ ' / . I ¦ ¦ ¦* / * , ; .. ? / - <•> . " r ' f " ;• . > *> -jjAf § i ( : - ^ . - f t PjQ ^ BMpr J ^ rw ^* ' < nm V ;
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dir . Jvffreifs initMUitwft Speech , & $ & r
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1821, page 213, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2499/page/21/
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