Dr. Currie's Memoirs of the late Br. Bell, 409 



Such, Gentlemen, was the man, whofe me- 

 mory you wifh to prefcrve in the Records of 

 your Society. I knew him better than any 

 perfon living, and I loved him more than F 

 (hall attempt to exprefs. 1 have nor, however, 

 d^alt in unmixed eulogy, which fometimes may 

 amufe the living, but which can never charac- 

 terife the dead. It belonged to him I have 

 attempted to commemorate, to be as jealous 

 of undeferved praife, as of undefcrved cenfurej 

 and I have endeavoured to delineate his charac- 

 ter, in fuch a manner, as his magnanimous fpirit 

 would have approved. 1 have not, knowingly, 

 extenuated his faults; and you will not believe, 

 1 have fet down ought in malice. What would 

 it avail me to deviate from the truth ? The 

 voice of cenfure cannot pierce the grave, noi" 

 flattery footh the ear of death. 



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