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* ftration. The period of thirteen years which I fpent as a 
* member of that fociety, 1 remember as by far the moft ufe- 
** fal, and therefore, as by far the happieft and moft honourable 
“ period of my life; and now, after three and twenty years 
“ abfence, to be remembered in fo very agreeable a manner by 
“‘ my old friends and protectors, gives me a heart-felt joy 
‘* which I cannot eafily exprefs to you.” 
Tue fhort narrative which I have now finifhed, however 
barren of incident, may convey a general idea of the genius 
and character of this illuftrious Man. Of the intellectual gifts 
and attainments by which he was fo eminently diftinguifhed ;— 
of the originality and comprehenfivene(s of his views ; the extent, 
the variety and the correctnefs of his information ; the inex- 
hauftible fertility of his invention ; and the ornaments which ' 
his rich and beautiful imagination had borrowed from claflical 
culture ;—he has left behind him lafting monuments. To his 
private worth the moft certain of all teftimonies may be found 
in that confidence, refpect and attachment, which followed him 
through all the various relations of life. The ferenity and 
gaiety he enjoyed, under the preflure of his growing infirmities, 
and the warm intereft he felt to the laft, in every thing con- 
nected with the welfare of his friends, will be long remember- 
ed by a finall circle, with whom, as long as his ftrength per- 
mitted, he regularly {pent an evening in the week; and to whom 
the recolleGtion of his worth {till forms a pleafing, though me- 
lancholy bond of union. 
Tue more delicate and charaéteriftical features of his mind, 
it is perhaps impoflible to trace. That there were many pecu- 
liarities, both in his manners, and in his intelle@tual habits, was 
manifeft to the moft fuperficial obferver ; but, although to thofe 
who knew him, thefe peculiarities detra@ed nothing from the 
re{pect 
Account of 
Dr Smith. 
