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Curfory Hints and Aneidoies of the late DoBor WjLLIAM 

 CuLLEN of Edinburgh f continued from page 10. 



But if Doaor CuUen in his public capacity deferved 

 to be admired, in his private capacity, by his ftudents, 

 he deferved to be adored. His condua to them was lo 

 attentive, and the intereft he took in the private con- 

 cerns of all thofe ftudents who applied to him for ad- 

 vice, was fo cordial and fo warm, that it was impoffi- 

 ble for any one who had a heart fufceptible of generous 

 emotions not to be enraptured with a conducl; fo vm- 

 common and fo kind. Among ingenuous youth, gra- 

 titude eafily degenerates into rapture,~into refpect: near- 

 ly allied to adoration. Thofe who advert to this natural 

 conftruaion of the human mind, will be at no lofs to 

 account for that excelTive popularity that Cullen en- 

 joyed—a popularity that thofe who attem.pt to wcigU 

 every occurrence by the cool ftandard of reafon alone-, 

 will be inclined to think exceffive. It is fovtunitfe . 

 however that the bulk of mankind will ever be iiifia^ 

 enccd in their judgment, not lefs by feeling and affe& 

 tions than by the cold and phlegmatic diaates of red-^ 

 fon. The adoration which generous condua excites', 

 is the reward which nature hath appropriated oxlufive^ 

 ly to difinterefted beneficence. This was the fecr^t 

 charm that Cullen ever carried about with him, \ihich 

 fafcinated fuch numbers of thofe who had intimate ac^ 

 cefs to him. This was the power which his envious 

 opponents never could have an opportunity of feeling. 

 It is pleafing, now that he is laid in the filent duft, 

 and when nialcvolence itfelf dares not lodge an impu- 

 tation of adulation, to attempt to do juitice to me- 

 rit of a nature fo great and fo tranfcendlng. Let 

 thofe who have experienced his goodncfs, bear witnefs 

 to the truth of this narrative. 



The general condua of Cullen to his ftudents was 

 thus : -With all fuch as he obfcrvcd to be attentive arJid 



