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    wMc& was fallowed onlyjbythe fiwtfy carriages and those of ^ Fw private friends . KiaJ Lordsbip yas author of n # my works of temporal ^ ^ interest . HJs pa&r pldei entitled . ** . < £ V 4 e * v of the Causes of

    and Com ^ qiieuces the present War with iFr&ace , * ' which appeared Ju 17 : 97 ; had such aii wnp ^ ecedeuted sale , . that tfdrty-eigh $ editions ; W £$ e printed withift a few months / after publication , Hfe Lordship wm one of the vice-presidents ©/ the African Institution .

    WJe subjoin . the : character of this eminent man from the able pen of thv ** Scotsman . * i ? f At an early period , we have no jfloubt , the genius that still remains in Scotland will endeavour to do justice to the genius which our country has just lost ; but

    though by no means so presumptuous as to make the attempt ourselves , it would be strange , as well as mean , jf we couM allow a publication to pass , after . the demise of ^ the inost illustrious of our countrymen , without adding one word to the commonplace expressions of regret .

    The'deprivation , though it has come &pon m suddenly , is one ; which , from the course of nature ,: was contemplated # a npjt far distant ; wd ; yet , we are . sm& > it will be ipiig beforeit be duly : appreciated * if the age > in Us present fctftte , fee $ t ali . Gapa * t > l £ of appreciating Wfcatw ^ s , in the

    highest degree * uobie ao 4 wagoRnin ) pu s . It appears td Us that the public ; inj . < J nfe eltber sunk into apathy ^ r !; b ^ 8 becouiiQ aiardidiy c ^ Uqu ^ : } foi ? the stupid , vulgaj aud luilf ^ upei' £ titiou ^ vvo mler m rec ^ tly disj ^ ay ^ dy k only & urpof of general ^ gradation . But it is impossible , we ^ bouW inaagine , that the public can ^ for 4 single moment ; think of having lo . ^ t ^ n ^\ yhQ was fttUof ^ ymparthy for ^ 11 th ^ t wa ^ gr ^ t ; artd go ^ d , vvi ^ hont expeviQn . ci « g « -it nitist he-rfai return of # U th ^ ir b ^ ter fee , lingSi Them is not . aboisa ^ certainly ,, thatji ^ ever be ^ n animated with the iQve , , ojf li ^ berty , jBor a head that h ^ s ever . p ^;*^ iv ^( l the yalue of freedom ^ that will , no , t inouriii over the reiP « L& 3 of Thomas Ersklne- ^

    a name jtiaomparably ^ tid jn ^ pr ^ ssH > ly wijore epndtbfe 4 by the splejudid ^ xje ^ uo ^ s of it 3 owtter . in th ^ great c ^ isq p ( liuma - iuty > than it Is by a w . el ^ w ^ n patent pi nobility , or than it could havebeen b . y all the honours , and 01 $ PX 8 T ^ hich . could have been ^ e ^ ped , upon jt by a . U the Pqof

    ^ entat ^ . of Ew'Qpe , The * inerU ^ Lord Erskiue are bound up with the history pf Englaml- When h ? r 1 ^ W 3 a ^ n ^ iustHutions Mfeife about tp be laid prps ^ fite u . % tfeje feet of enraged p . o ^ ve ^ v-r ^ nd . vvh ^ n ^ ill vyas pexvile ^ ni corrupt ai ; qund hMu—it may be said that he , alont ; stood apri gl ^ , and

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    threw himself fovyr& $ wnJ ^^ atic ^ i y ^ , r ther to vin < i } c ^ 4 ^ ft ^ 4 w ? of W ^ Slj ^ and action , or to fall the victim of his own generpsity . r llie tasfehfl = J ?^ 4 Wft 4 ^ r » - take ® vv ^ as apipaili | i ^ -r ^ i | t jiis c % p \ c& pro - ceeded from = an inherfilt greatness of soul , which enlarged itself in proportion as his labours and difficaltks iucrcased . His exertions wer § ^ tupeiidous- ^ at times the

    almost ^ niiraoulQusfrrr b ^ t cause \ n which he was < $ ajjar ^ ed sustained not o ^ ly I 113 intei % t ^ J , b « t # lso his p hysical strengthV $ is p " 9 swe ? : ^ greyir With th ^ occasions which c £$ ed ipjr their exercise , untij , compared iwith those thfit \ y ^ r iiear him ^ ^ U own sphere , he : appeared omnipotent . Uniting Scottish ardour s ^ nd English ^ solidity with jrisli buoyancy and etuhusiasm , he w& $

    that the brilliancy of his fancy obscured or yvarpeil bis judgment- Thfr ^ was a moral grandeur in his nature , which gave him , as it were intuitively , a perception of all that wasJu ^ t and fitting in sentiment ; and , in the conduct of an argument , this guid ^ T ^ tl ^ e inost iuvafe ^ bl ^

    an : orator can possess *¦— ne >^ r forsook hjn > . This , fancy v ? a § ji ^ ver kindled , ' ^ ii $ his mor ^ l sentiments w ^ re also avv ^ kened , and his judgnie , n ) t kept on f |^ e ai ^ rt f ^ nd froni this exquisite balance of his

    imagination , j ^ dr qment # nd feelings , arose the great supenonty—tlje magical effects ojf life eloquence . But although , upon this the ? me , > v ^; could vfeifp without eniji ; ^ ud ^ %$ we 4 o jow , hu srrie ^ ly and literally without studv * we havcf * neither time nor

    limits tp , dp more tha , n ^ uote a pas ^^ ge from pn § of h , \ s Q ^ vq speeches , * Upon \\ ie principle op which the AWorpey-Ge- * - ^ eral pr ^ ys ^ i \ tep ^ e upon my d | i ? iye iwei ^ y : « ppn us ^ !— -instead of handling befpie l ^ ii ^ in judguiept with the hopes f * n 4 P 9 i > satatipn § of Christians , we mmsftxiaii upon th ^ mountains to cover us ; for yvhich of Uj 9 can presejit for

    omniscient e ^ unu ^ tiou , a pur ^ , unspotted ^« d faultless cpuirse ? But I humbly expect th # t tjie beaevpljent Author of our being will judg (? jus as I have ^ een pointing out for ypur ^ apjple . Holding up the gre ^ t \; 9 l u ni ^ of our lives in his

    hands , and regarding tl ? e gefier ^ L scope of them ; -rTi ; (; , li ^ discovers beltievoleuce , charity a ^ dgop / l-wU to majnt beating i « the l ^ eart , wh . € ? re he alone can look ;—» if he fi « 4 s tha ^ t our copdupt , though often forced out of tjti ^ p ^ t h by , qur iuftrmitie ^ , has bepa ja ; g 0 p ^ ral w ^ ll < Ji ) re ^ tpd , iw nlh seajcMng ^ ye jvili jassui- € 5 d [ ly never pursue us int <> tj ^ ose lit ^ e jcc » rn ^ 5 » of our lives , much less wjli his justice sej

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1824, page 50, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2520/page/50/