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expected, this strength of attachment in his dispo- 

 sition was productive of a corresponding one in the 

 objects of his esteem. In later life more particu- 

 larly, his love for the young was productive of much 

 benefit to their moral character. He did not pre- 

 sent virtue before their eyes, a stern forbidding 

 form ; but never omitted an opportunity which of- 

 fered, to display the force of some moral precept, 

 some religious truth, which his own experience had 

 confirmed ; and his own indulgent temper rooted 

 such precepts more deeply in the heart. 



Of selfish gratifications he had none; "his mind 

 was formed for friendship, and could not exist with- 

 out it." 



But there is no point wherein he appears more 

 amiable, than in the pleasure it gave him to pro- 

 mote or hear of the happiness of others ; envy and 

 jealousy were passions unknown to him, and he al- 

 ways considered them effects of conscious unwor- 

 thiness. If he was in any respect wanting in cha- 

 rity, it was towards the malignant dispositions of 

 the world. 



Of the poor and humble, it gave him heartfelt de- 

 light to observe and enter into their scanty pleasures, 

 their little vanity, or even weakness ; but the know- 

 ledge of the sacrifices they make to humanity and 

 duty, their kindness to each other, their fortitude in 

 distress, melted his heart, andwillinglywouldhehave 

 have wiped all tears from their eyes. He truly felt 

 that " God hath made of one blood all the families 

 of the earth," and his benevolent sympathies ex- 

 tended to the whole human race. 



