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IJqr $ Uqy do not suppose that by this misfortune'I am rendered altog ^ th ^ nullity ; thev do not suppose that ? all which nbeldngs * t& a i » an * of $ t'nke"'&ii integrity is situated in his eyes . Besides , as I arm not gvobtn ? t < i ¥ f&d'bty mdol lence * gincet m ^ eyes have deserted * me > but urn i stil 1 acti ve , still i read y * t ? & < && vanee among the foremost to ; the most arduous struggles ' for ^ liberty ;^ I » a& not , therefore ,, deserted even by a * en of the first r %$ teim fchse stam Onube contrjary 9 suqh meqi considering the condition ofhumanity , shej ^> tttti fatKMit and indulgence a ? , tq one who 'has completed hid services , and readily g # ah £
me exemption . an 4 r ^ tirenaent . - « They despoil * me of ono dignityp they deprive me not of any public > office * I before . held ; they vdisparag ^ i not the benefi t which may have accrued * from , . that particular service ^ and - though they * are aware that they are now to confer their favours iipon * one w ^ ho ^ ls bectihie les s useful , they think it ought to be dcene twithnorlees benrignity ^ indeed , with the same honaur ^ as ify like ? theAthemans m ancient times ; , they ^ haddecreied a inapatenajice for me in the Prvtanetfim ; T ^ iis ^ awhile I'ean derive ^ 'coosdla tion inmy blindessboth from God and ' man , let no on © toe troubled that !
have Josjt ^ my eyes in an honourable causey andv far ^ be it fifonl me to be troubled ait it j , far be it from ) me to possess ^ q little ? spirft feis not td be kb ) e with . outjdini . qultjy to despise the revilers of rny blmdnesSj or sro little placability ^ m n , ot to be ^ ble > with still less difficulty , to forgive theini ^' ^ >] i Mijto& stJiistQry of . himself , ' from Ms earliest yeats ^ < to the periodsafhw - v , . ; -., writing his " ' i ^^^^ - ^ - t ^^ t ^ U ^ t ^ - Et '^ lmid ^^ ^]^ ^ ij
VcI > vas horn at-Lpn'dojp pi respectable pia ^^ t ^ ., / ,, jVi ^ ftit ^ r « -, w Wr » ^ i . 8 n o £ the' highest integnty , m % .. mother ,, an . excellent woman , wasj ; p ; a ^^ iciilarly > kndivn throughput ' the neighbo > iirhpQd io ^ U ^ r <^ ar father destined me from . a child ior the , pursuit ^ .. p . jf ' ip ^ lii ^ iiefir ' ^ ng ^ liijctM . , prosecuted with such eagerness , that a # e , r 1 wa ^ s twe ^ e , 3 f ^ ai 8 o Qi ^) i i 5 Wtely < retired to bed from my lucubrations Jill inidnighV Thi $ vvas , tja ^ i jirs 4 tMngi
which proved pernicious to my eyeSj , to the natural ^^ weaki ^ s ^ pr ^ whiei ^ fiei added . frequent headaches . But as all this could not ; # ba , te i * ^ y instinctive ardbuir for learning , he provided me , in addition to the ^ r ' 4 iftariyi ipi > tru tiiona of the gramniar school , with masters to give me dajly , } ess <) ns ^ t i ^ QmeirjBeingi thus , instructed in various languages , and having got ^ en na ^ J ^ l ^ s ^ W osg the sweetness » of philosophy , he sent me to Oamb ^ g ^ iQ ^^ oJff ^ ur j -twoj ^ atiaBBl colleges . There , aloof from all profligate con due t andw [ tl % ^ he ^ pprofoatieaf of all good men , 1 studied seven years , according tjps tl ^ e , u ^ sua | i < JftV * r ^ e of disci * pline ' arifi- of scientific instruction , —till I obtained ajad ^ itkr& ^ pl ^ use ^ > fche degree ' of master , as it is called ; when I fled npt i ^ to . jtajy ; , 4 a this , foul miscreaht Msely asserts , but of my own free \ vj \\ returnhio ui e , leavjjog behind
^ me ariiong most of the fdlows of the college who bad shewn ms no ordinary attention , even ai > aflfectiona ^ te regret . A-t my fat ^ ert cpuutry house , to which he had retired to pass the remainder of liis days , beiug perfectly at my eaS 1 ± ? ^ " ^ y 8 ^ P entirely to reading the Greek amh hMfa ^ vxiter ^ > exc cn ^ Pp « g > however ^ sonietime ^ _ the country for the town , either for the purchiisf ^ bo ^ s or't p ^ ^ learn som 3 e ; th , ipg new in th xnatj ^ inatics , or in music , wh ! c | i at that time % ni ^ e , 4 i ^ e sources of , my , amusement , Aftexpassing five in l c | thp the dea th of
y % s this w ^ y , £ > a curiosity , ^ fter my tnotilier , to see forel ^ h _ coun ^ ries and ^ bp ^ e . all Ital ^ y and J |^ v ^ g , o ^ tamed pe , rm ^ sion oi my rather , l ^ tout , amended b y one ^ erva ^ , Qn . n ^ ytdepartui ^ e I was itreoted in the m ^ t fn 6 nqi ^ mannerly Sir H ^ nryWpq ^ pn ^ wh . q . w ^ long an ambiassaddr - ? ; 5 'HWHW ^ Wb who ) ^ otf puly fpAlqrwedrme with hisigood wishes , but cmnn ^ uii ^ c ^ d ^ of the greatest ; use to o ^^ o is gpm ^ of others , I was received ^ t ^ ans ^^/ ^ ^ tn ^ o ^ t , cpur ( tp ? y by $ & mM $ Thomas SOudarnore ,
• Milta « 'VvaS ;^ rfta . yydr '^^ y A ^ s ^ uni . g th ^ poiuwviiwcMtii ' .
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6 ^ 4 AutobiograpJiy \ $ J \ John Milton . 1
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1830, page 684, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2589/page/28/
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