JCHA RAG TERS. 
mate he formed of objects of utility, 
or: in his reasonings concerning the 
-means by which they’ were to be 
-brought into effect. The reforma- 
-tiom of abuses, and the relief of mi- 
sery, were the two great »~purposes 
owhich he kept in view inal] his un- 
-dertakings ; and I haveequally seen 
thetear of sensibility start into his 
-eyes on recalling some of the dis- 
-tressful scenes'to whiclvhe had been 
»Witness, and the spirit of indignation 
vilash from them on relating instances 
of baseness ‘and oppression. Still, 
bowever, his constancy of mind’and 
sself-coliection never deserted him. 
He was never agitated. never off his 
guard; and the unspeakable advan- 
-tages of sucha temper in the scenes 
biniavhich he was engaged, need not 
rs upon: 
His whole ‘course ‘of action was 
sanclsie) trialvof intrepidity and forti-» 
itade; that it. may seem altogether su- 
(perfluons to speak of ‘his possession 
of these qualities:—he had them, in- 
deed, both from nature and principle. 
His nerves were firm; ‘and his con- 
wietion of marching: in the path ‘of 
duty made’ him “fearless of conse- 
quences, “Nor was it only on great 
wceasions that this strength cf mind 
was shown:—it raised him above 
‘false’ shame, and «that awe which 
“takes a coward of many a brave man 
-dnoethe'presence of a superior. No 
yone ever less “feared the face of 
man” than he; nor no one hesitated 
-dess in speaking bold truths, or avow- 
Jing obnoxious opivions. His cou- 
rage was equally passive and active. 
~He was prepared to make every 
sacrifice that a regard to strict ve- 
vacity or rigorous duty could enjoin ; 
vand it cannot be doubted that, had 
“he lived in an age when asserting 
his civil and religious rights would 
have subjected him to martyrdom, 
naries. 
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“not amore willing’ martyr would 
‘ever have ascended the scaffold, or 
embraced the stake.2o >) o") 
To propose as a model: a character 
‘marked with such singularities, and, 
no doubt, with some’ foibles, nveiiid 
be equtally vain and injudicious: bat 
his firm attachment to principle, bigh 
sense of honour, pure benevolence, 
ounshaken~ constancy, and indefati- 
gable perseverance, may properly be 
held upto the view of all’ persons 
occupyivg important stations, or en- 
gaged in useful enterprizes, as qua- 
-lities not ‘Jess to be iefuned) than 
admired. 
Anecdotes of John Beruh. Bassedow. 
From the German. 
FOHN Bera; Bassedow is deser- 
wvedly placed on a level with the 
most respectable characters. ‘To his 
dissatistaction with the: common 
mode of educating youth, and to his 
unwearied endeavours to introduce 
a better, Germany is indebted for 
‘the very considerable changes that 
are now making in most of its semi- 
To his dissatisfaction with 
the religious tenets insewhich he was 
educated; and which constitute the 
orthodoxy of the German meridian, 
his countrymen are in a great meu- 
sure obliged for that free spirit of 
inquiry which is now pervading the 
‘Lutheran church:—where also the 
human mind, feeling its vigour, and 
claiming its rights, is powerfully 
struggling against the shackles of 
established creeds. 
The peculiarity of his method of 
education consisted in a direct oppo- 
sition to those that have been com- 
monly observed. He not only en- 
tertained the idea that the compul- 
sive methods, so generally adapted, 
were 
