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what was most conspicuous in his 

 character, was his calm constancy, 

 his industry, and that indefatigable 

 patience and peiseverance, which 

 always enabled him to overcome 

 difficulties. 



He was decidedly a republican. 

 The determination which he often 

 avowed, that he never would ac- 



cept an office, is an evidence of 

 the disinterestedness of his poli- 

 tics ; but his zeal for his oj)inions 

 or party, did not extinguish his 

 kindness for the merits of his 

 opponents. Soc-ety will long re- 

 member and regret him ; but he 

 will be most lamented by those, 

 by whom he was best known. 



Manners 



