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amiablenefs of virtue, and fmcerely to approve 

 thofe deeds of fecial kindnefs which appear moft 

 confpicuous in any character. Never, perhaps, 

 was there an inftitution, well-planned by human 

 forefight for alleviating human mifery, that did not 

 fooner or later gain the applaufe of the publick. 

 The virtuous aftive citizen, wherever he has been 

 found devoting his labours and his wealth to the 

 protection of the indigent, the maimed, or the fick, 

 has been generally beloved while living, ^nd his 

 memory after death has been honoured and re- 

 vered. The hero may be remembered, from the 

 iplendor of his devaftations, with a mixture of admi- 

 ration and difguft : the fage will be renowned for 

 the acutenefs of his judgment j but it is the cha- 

 racter formed on the principles of " the Man of 

 " Rofs," that excites the tribute ofuniverfalefteem. 

 Such a tribute produces a reflected pleafure on the 

 mind that beflows it; while the benevolent feelings 

 of that man who deferves it, are his own higheft 

 reward. They preferve in his bofom a perpetual 

 glow of delight, with which mere amufement or 

 fenfuality can never be connected. 



Various have been the outlines of plans, fuL- 

 mitted to the publick examination, with a view of 

 bringing the fubJeCt before parliament, fo as tp 



obtain 



