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and frequent disappointments of the jnecHcal; nor with the 

 dangers, perplexities, or solicitude of the miUtarij. They 

 require little external assistance — a few books, instruments 

 to work with, and materials to work upon — the modern library 

 of a lawyer is much more expensive. Great were the disco- 

 veries of the immortal Scheele, with the help of very iew in- 

 struments. Some departments of science require none at all. 

 They provoke neither envy nor contention, or at least verv 

 seldom. How great must have been the pleasure of a Napier, 

 a Briggs, a Newton and a Bernouilli, while intent on the 

 most laborious calculations .? or of a 13oyle, a Black, a 

 Priestly, and a Lavoisier, discovering and scrutinizing the- 

 invisible agents of nature, as Newton did the connecting 

 principle of the stupendous masses that surround us. Or of 

 a Locke and a JBerkeley in their profound researches? More- 

 over, these studies cannot fail to impress the firmest convic- 

 tion, of the power, wisdom and goodness of the Creator of 

 the universe; and inspire corresponding sentiments of piety, 

 obedience and resignation to his will : and thus extend hap- 

 piness beyond the limits of our present existence. 



Pursuits of this nature seem to me to be best calculated to 

 produce happiness, affording the purest pleasures, and being 

 least exposed to adventitious pains. 



A life devoted to acts of benevolence and piety, as that of 

 iMr. Howard and the late Lady Arabella Denny, affords the 



subliniest 



