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in all these instances, they occurred posterior to 
his most celebrated publications. Was it not very 
unjust, therefore, for those who had patronized and 
extolled him for those publications, to vent their 
animosity against ¢hem for any thing in zs conduct 
afterwards ° 
“Far be it from me, however, to attempt a full 
justification of his writings. I only contend for 
the generally good intention of their author. The 
works themselves must be judged by impartial pos- 
terity. I merely offer my own sentiments; but I 
offer them freely, scorning to disguise my opinion, 
either because infidels have pressed Rousseau into 
their service, or because the uncandid and the dis- 
honest have traduced him falsely, not daring to 
declare the real cause of their aversion,—his vir- 
tuous sincerity.” 
When compassion for the sufferings of another 
mingles with similitude of feelings, especially on 
some favourite point, it never fails to produce a 
strong partiality. The same love of Nature, the 
same passion for her works, the same rapture in 
beholding the sublime scenery of the Alps, charac- 
terized both these men; and in reading, as Sir 
James sometimes did, the 7th Promenade of the 
celebrated author of “-Judze,” he saw, as it were in 
a mirror, his own sensations reflected. 
“Toutes mes courses de botanique, les diverses 
impressions du local, des objets qui m’ont frappé, 
les idées qu'il m’a fait naitre ; les incidens qui sont 
mélés, tout cela m’a laissé des impressions qui se 
