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by the sternest system of discipline. We cannot wonder, then, that 

 Mr. Reed was so universally esteemed and beloved by his pupils; and 

 that among the number of excellent men who before him and with 

 him, sat in the Faculty of Arts, and whose loss the University has 

 had to deplore, he stands pre-eminent in the affections of its grad- 

 uates. 



As a literary man, the tastes of Mr. Reed were essentially imbued 

 with the deep religious feeling which was the predominant element of 

 his mind. Hence the tone of earnestness and directness which cha- 

 racterized his own style, and which he so loved to find in others; 

 hence his admiration for every thing that was pure in its spirit or lofty 

 in its aspirations; and his aversion to all that was sensuous and de- 

 moralizing, no matter how brilliant might be its diction, or how cap- 

 tivating its rhetoric ; hence his enthusiasm for Coleridge and his sym- 

 pathy with Wordsworth; hence also the peculiar attractiveness of his 

 writings in which a graceful and powerful simplicity of language is 

 used to convey the earnest sentiments of one who had trained himself 

 to think purely and profoundly. 



His faith in his religion was a conviction beyond all mere logical 

 demonstration; it was as clear as his belief in his own existence, and 

 gained nothing from the support of external evidences. His ideas of 

 duty were lofty and rigid, and his indignation warm against every 

 thing which proceeded from a low standard of morality. Yet no one 

 knew better to confine his virtues within their appropriate provinces ; 

 and while he felt deeply, and warmly advocated his own peculiar 

 views, no one conceded more fully to others the right of individual 

 opinion; while no inducement would tempt him to do wrong or to ab- 

 stain from that which was right, no one yielded a readier or more 

 graceful obedience to the sometimes annoying and often frivolous 

 requisites of social life. 



Although Mr. Reed read and thought much, he wrote but little, 

 and during his life he published nothing of importance except the 

 editions of Wordsworth's Poems and Lord Mahon's History; both of 

 which testify to his ability and conscientiousness in the performance 

 of his duties, while the former illustrates besides, his sympathy with 

 the poet and his delicate perception of all that is excellent and beauti- 

 ful in his writings. Mr. Reed's manuscript of his lectures is, how- 

 ever, fortunately preserved, and will, by the care of his brother, 

 enable scholars more fully to appreciate that depth of pure learning, 

 which during his life was known only to his friends and pupils. 



In the intercourse of ordinary life, Mr. Reed's manner indicated 



