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the mind that excite regard — and 

 for thosedisinterested andgenerous 

 perfections that retain it. A school 

 may be considered as the epitome 

 of the world, wherelhe future cha- 

 racter is first unfolded and made 

 known. A native dignity that scorn- 

 ed a meanness or a misrepresenta 

 tion orany plausible dupliciiy, soon 

 distinguished him; a high sense of 

 honour and all the magnanimous 

 virtues that stamp the mind with 

 true nobility, excited in his equals 

 at school a kind of idolatry to- 

 wardshim ; even his preceptors felt 

 the force of his character. His su- 

 periors learnt to respect andhonour 

 him, communicating to his parents 

 exultingly, from time to time, ex- 

 traordinary instances of his great 

 and feeling mind, anil of that sa- 

 cred observance of trutli in its un- 

 perverted simplicity, which raised 

 him in after-life above little design- 

 ing men. Such was the basis of 

 his future character, a character 

 which never abandoned him, but 

 which might be said to have grown 

 with his manly growtii, and to have 

 Strengthened with his advancing 

 years. Tlie same jnfluence of a 

 superior nature that was felt by his 

 early connexions and associates, 

 was felt ever after in future liie by 

 all who approached him. Tliose 

 wiio obtained dominion over the 

 youthful mind through fear, could 

 never succeed in debasing his, but 

 many undue advantages were ob- 

 tained through the medium of his 

 afl'ections. It was a pre-eminent 

 excellence, and it distinguished 

 him from the cradle to the grave, 

 that to a Roman spirit he united 

 the most affectionate sensibili- 

 ties; he might perhaps in some 

 instances, have merited that ob- 

 servation which is made by Field- 

 ing respecting Allworthy ; '• that 



the best of heads, was misled by 

 the best of hearts." The phleg- 

 matic and cold may consider this 

 censure ; such censure is distin- 

 guishcd -praise. Mr. Theodore 

 Galton was never known to have 

 lost the affections of a friend. 

 The regard he had once excited 

 was a feeling deeply established 

 in the heart, and the boy who 

 had been attached to him, how- 

 ever early the period, became so 

 imperceptibly more and more as 

 life advanced. Nor was he re- 

 membered with indifference even 

 by those who had not seen or 

 heard of him during long periods 

 of time: he was thought of with 

 regret, for scarcely was his equal 

 to be expected in future life. He 

 never had a personal enemy ; 

 though upon one or two occasions 

 of his life hehad been ill usedfrora 

 motives of interest, by designing 

 and sordid minds. He was, how- 

 ever, not capable of a malignant 

 feeling; he was never known to 

 have harboured a resentment; he 

 was often known to have entirely 

 forgotten that hehad beeninjured; 

 he was capable of being made 

 angry, but his anger was not the 

 retaliation of low passions ; it was 

 the indignation of a noble mind 

 that spurned at a meanness, or at 

 any injurious suspicion that cast a 

 shade over the open daylight of his 

 own conduct. His commanding 

 figure, and the Grecian contour of 

 his features, might have been con- 

 sidered by the sculptor as models 

 for his art ; the dark shade of his 

 hiiir and eyes, and the manly red 

 and white of his complexion, gave 

 a brilliant effect and added a rich 

 lustre to his face. These personal 

 advantages were, however, forgot- 

 ten, and as it were lost, in the cap- 

 tivating influence of his manners 



