108 MEMOIR OF THE LATE DR. HENRY. 
lessons of a higher wisdom. He ever retained 
and expressed the deepest admiration for the 
compositions of these two master minds. The 
style of Playfair, in his Dissertation on Physical 
Science, and in his biographical notices of Hutton 
and Robison, Dr. Henry regarded as upon the 
whole the best adapted to philosophical pur- 
poses, which our language possesses, and he had 
certainly erected it into a standard for his own 
imitation. In the writings of Stewart he was 
accustomed to praise the delicacy and correct- 
ness of his taste in arts and letters, the easy 
and melodious flow of his periods, his graceful 
distribution of ornament; but above all, the 
elevation and purity of his moral judgments and 
sensibilities, and the fervour and depth of con- 
viction, with which he ever advocates as insepa- 
rable, the interests of philosopby and of virtue. 
To this period of his life, Dr. Henry always 
looked back, as a season of pure and unmingled 
happiness, arising out of the consciousness of a 
steady and rapid progress in knowledge, undis- 
turbed by the cares and practical business of 
life, and quickened by constant intercommu- 
nion with minds ardently devoted to similar 
pursuits. He seems, indeed, to have been pe- 
culiarly happy in his intimate associates and 
