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were dignified, and bespoke the gentleman. His 
voice was deep-toned, full, and melodious, and 
his enunciation was remarkably distinct. His 
imposing mien, and the grave and positive tones 
of his voice, conveyed a first impression that he 
was haughty and inaccessible. He was himself 
at a loss to know why he had acquired this repu- 
tation, inasmuch as he felt entirely unconscious 
of indulging any thing corresponding to it in his 
heart. In his opinions he was decided, but not 
obstinate. Though naturally indolent, according 
to his own confession, he was ever busy, as it is 
evident he must have been to have accomplished 
so much at so early an age. He was elegant and 
refined in his tastes, and passionately fond of the 
fine arts. His discrimination as a connoisseur is 
well evinced by his numerous and well-selected 
books, pictures, engravings, sculptures, and other 
specimens of the fine arts. He was most happy 
in his domestic relations ; an excellent father, 
unspeakably anxious to train up his children, 
both by example and precept, in all their duties 
to God and man. An extract from his journal 
will exhibit the burden of his mind on this point. 
He says, "May my children especially imbibe 
principles of honor and religion, and may it 
