MEMOIR OF THE LATE DR. HENRY. 129 
solely at the simple and logical enunciation 
of truth. But in his literary essays; in his 
biographical notices, when warmed by the con- 
templation of genius or virtue; and especially 
in his letters, when his feelings had been touched 
by the works of nature, or when surveying the 
grand lines and general bearings of science, and 
shaping forth his future course, as a philosophical 
enquirer or writer, his style received embellish- 
ment and warmth from a powerful yet chastised 
imagination, and from a heart prone to generous 
and noble emotions. His eloquent delineation 
of the intellectual features of his great contem- 
poraries, Davy and Wollaston;—his enthusiastic 
homage to the soaring and creative genius of 
Davy and his no less truthful picture of the 
opposite endowments,—the caution, the sobriety 
and precision of Wollaston, are probably fresh 
in the minds of many present; and may recal 
Mr. Playfair’s celebrated contrast of Black and 
Hutton, both in many qualities common to the 
minds compared, and in the vigour which cha- 
racterizes alike both comparisons. ‘An earlier 
essay by Dr. Henry, entitled Cursory Remarks 
on Music, may also be commended as a fine 
example of the gracefulness and purity of his 
style, when handling topics of elegant letters. 
