of Charles de Pclier. 293 
Si hominum .” “ Whatever in Agricola was the 
t{ objedt of our love and of our admiration, 
fc remains, and will remain, in the hearts of 
sc all who knew him.” 
Having taken a fhort view of the character 
of Mr. de Polier, curiofity and attachment con¬ 
cur in prompting us, to extend the retrofpeX; 
and we become folicitous to know fomething of 
his connexions and education; and to trace the 
leading events of a life, in the conclufion of 
which we have been fo deeply interefted. But 
our friend was no egotift; and the zeal with 
which he entered into the concerns of others, 
precluded the detail of his own. I muff con¬ 
tent, myfelr, therefore, with prefenting to the 
Society, the following brief memoirs. 
Charles de Polier Bottens was the fon of the 
Reverend-de Polier' Bottens, Dean of the 
Cathedral Church of Laufanne, Prefident of the 
Synod of the Pais de Vaud, Member of the 
Society of Arts and Sciences at Manheim, and 
Citizen ol Geneva. He was born at Laufanne, 
in the year 1753 ; and received the fir ft part of 
his education, in the public fchools of that 
city. As foon as he had acquired a fufficient 
knowledge of the daffies, he was Pent to an 
academy near Caffel, in Germany ; from whence 
after a refidence of two years, he was removed 
to the univerfiry of Gottingen. In this cele¬ 
brated Icac of learning, he puffed three years *, 
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