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© f England . A curious letter of Archdeacon Paley ' s to the father , on this subject , is copied into the Mon . Repos . Ill ; 67 , 68 . In the same place is given a brief notice of the Rev . T . B . Percival , who died May 27 , 1798 , in the 32 nd year of hia age .
The second letter was addressed to Dr . Percival himself on the receipt of his work on Medical Jurisprudence . A correspondent in the Mon . Repos ., at the place just specified , had made some remarks upon Dr . PercivaPs character as a Dissenter , and these
brought out , in the same volume , III . 368 , &c , a vindication of Dr . Percival ' s character , with some account of him , from the pen of Mr . Higginson , then of Stockport , now of Derby . Dr . Percival was the first student on the list of the Warrington Academy { Mon . Repos . VIII . 5 ) , and a pleasing
memoir of him is given by the historian of that Establishment ( IV ] on . Repos . IX . 201 , &e . ) . A character from his pen of Mr . Seddon , of Manchester , may be seen in the account of Dr . Rotheram ' s pupils , Mon . Repos . V . 429 . 430 .
Letter I . From the Rev , Samuel Parr , LL . D . to the Rev . T . B . Percival , LL . B . I returned hither , a few days ago , from Birmingham , whore I had an opportunity of receiving the publication ., * which your father did me the honour of
sending for my acceptance . Permit me to convey , through you , my thankful acknowledgments for this mark of his attention ; and to assure you , that the subject which you have chosen , and the relation in which you stand to Dr . Percival , gave me , on this occasion , a much
keener curiosity than I usually feel in sitting down to the perusal of sermons , even where I have reason to presume that they are well intended , and well written . 1 am not accustomed to trifle with my correspondents , or to degrade myself by the jargon of vague and trite panegyric ;
nut to you , Sir , I speak only the language of just and sincere commendation , when I say that my expectations , high aud eager as they were , have not been disappointed . With striking and peculiar felicity , you have blended the elegance of a dissertation with the seriousness of a sermon . Your topics are selected with propriety , * " Discourse on Hospital Duties /' by the Kev . T . B . Percival , annexed to fhe Treatise on « Medical Ethics . "
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and arranged with exactness ; your style is potished without gaudiness , and animated without extravagance . Your remarks are such as could occur only to a mind' deeply interested In the subject , and amply qualified for the discussion of ' it by frequent and accurate observation . In
the appeals which you have made \ o the passions of your hearers , you have wisely abstained from popular and rampant exaggeration , and the facts which you have set before their understandings , equally deserve consideration from every prejudiced objector , and every enlightened ' well-wisher to the Institution which you
meant to recommend . Through the range which you have taken over the various classes of duty assigned to persons of various professions , you will find a willing and attentive follower in every man who is capable of reflecting on that happy order of things , in which earthly and * spiritual wisdom , compassion and piety , the diligence of the unlearned , and the
skill of the learned , are all made to cooperate in the great and sacred cause of benevolence . Of philosophy you have employed enough , and not more than enough , to infuse fresh vigour into some of the more important parts ; and over the whole you have sprinkled the precious dew of Scripture , judiciously and reverently .
Such , Sir , are the impressions left upon my mind by the perusal of your excellent discourse ; and perhaps you will not be displeased to hear that my very accomplished and worthy friend , Dr . Johnstone , spoke of it in terms of approbation similtir to my own . In regard to the advertisement which is prefixed to
it in the name of Dr . Percival , I could not read it without a pang . 1 cannot reflect upon it without strong emotions of sympathy with him on the loss of such a son , trained up , under the auspicious example of such a father , to erudition , science and virtue . Present , Sir , I beer
of you , my best respects to Dr . Percival ; and forgive me , Sir , when I entreat , and even exhort you to soothe the anguish of his soul , by redoubling your own efforts in the acquisition of knowledge , in the exercise of humanity , and in the diffusion of those sound and salutary instructions which unite the best interests
of society wi : h the pure and sublime principles of true religion . With great esteem for your talents , and unfeigned wishes for your welfare , &c . Letter II . From the sa ? ne to Dr . Percival . Hatton , Sept . 24 , 1794 . Permit me to thank you for the kind
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Two Letters of Dr . Parrs . 155 ?
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1825, page 155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2534/page/27/
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