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The literary talent of M . Llorente was versatile . He acquired a great reputation as an historian . His theological works were composed under the influence of one dominant idea , a desire to mark the boundary between civil authority and religious conviction , the empire of the law and the sanctuary of conscience . This important and delicate question occupied a large share of his attention . He was firmly attached to the church of which he was a minister ; but at the same time had the most liberal views with regard
to toleration . He considered it , indeed , as a sentiment inseparable from true religion . The most remarkable trait of his character was his great frankness and perfect independence . Never , even in the most distressing circumstances , was he known to make a concession which could be taken for a compromise of principle . In the time of his prosperity he was kind , generous , and moderate ; ready to communicate to the necessitous , and to assist them by personal exertions ; full of delicacy and consideration in the employment of the high powers confided to him . When deprived of his income and of his library , and an exile in a foreign country , he employed himself in performing the sacred offices of his
religion , and in teaching his native language in a private school . The man who had been a dignitary in one of the richest churches of Christendom , counsellor of state to the brother of Napoleon , manager of his finances , and distributor of his alms , thought himself happy to gain a slender income by the employment of his talents in the humblest walk . But even such resources were denied him ; the power of intolerance was exerted to cut him off from these employments . Yet , in spite of his enemies , M . Llorente still found in the treasures of his learning , in his taste for research , in the favour
of the public , and in the kind offices of esteem and friendship , sufficient to satisfy his frugal habits and his moderate desires . He left behind him a great number of useful and interesting works . Besides the " History of the Inquisition , " there are twenty-two other published and nineteen unpublished works * He greatl y assisted the Society of Christian Morality in its establishment , and he enriched its records with two articles— " On the Union
of Christians of different Denominations , " and " On the State of Prisons in Spain . " He was also an industrious contributor , for four years , to the Revue Encyclopedique .
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Weajhed with play , and sighing for repose , The infant nestles on her nurse ' s breast . The music of her voice is hush-d ; her eyes , Bright as the day-light , with the day-light close . The parting lips , the gentl y heaving chest , Are all that tell of life . How still she lies !
The careful nurse protects her drooping head , Veils the soft light , and bids her sleep her fill . So when Life ' s sun is gone , Life ' s gloom is spread , Sinks youthful Hope to slumber and is still . And thus doth watchful Faith defend her sjeep , And till the rising dawn her vigils keep . Then wak'd by Faith to greet the rosy ray , Hope shall upspring and smile , to chase the gloom away .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1828, page 166, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2558/page/22/
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