236 A Tribute to the Memory of 
which, had long been a. thagracofa} stain on 
our national character, | ) 
Of his’ moral. excellencies, shone can jas no 
ai de to offer an overcharged picture to 
a Society, by many of whose surviving mem- 
bers he was intimately known and justly ap- 
preciated. Foremost among: the qualities of 
his heart, was a warmth of generous emotion, 
which evinced itself in an enthusiastic admi- 
ration of virtue; in an indignant disdain and 
unqualified, reprobation of vice, oppression, 
or meanness; and. in the prompt and/unre- 
strained exercise of the social affections. In 
teniper, he was frank, confiding, and capa- 
"ble of strong and lasting attachments ;, quick, 
it must be acknowledged, in,, his,,.resent- 
ments; but. remarkably placable,,, and, auxi- 
ous, whenever he thought he had inflicted 
a» wound, to heal:it by, redoubled kindness, 
No:man could be more free from.all stain of 
selfishness ; more moderate in his desire of 
worldly success; or more under the mfluence 
of habitual contentment. This wasin,a great 
measure the result of hishaving early, weighed 
the comparative value of the different objects 
of life, and of his steady and consistent, pur- 
suit of knowledge and virtue, as the pri- 
mary ends of an intelligent being. 
