DR. GODMAIS. 15 



" Every thing is in slatu quo with me. The same 

 series of oppressions, impositions and insults are still my 

 lot to bear. But I will not bear them long. From the 

 oldest to the youngest, master and man, all seem to have 

 a disposition to peck at me. You will (or may be) sur- 

 prised to hear that I can never make a printer. It is an 

 erroneous opinion of some people, that no one can make 

 a printer unless he be a scholar. On the contrary, 

 scholars can hardly, if at all, be printers. I would not 

 wish you to think that 1 count myself a scholar. On the 

 contrary I think myself no scholar." 



The following extract from another letter, dated Oc- 

 tober 23d, 1813, shows that, at this early period, young 

 Godman was threatened with the malady which ultimately 

 destroyed him. 



" The disease for which I mentioned a recipe in ray 

 last has commenced its direful effects on my poor body. 

 A continued pain in iny breast, and at night a slow but 

 burning fever, convince me that I am travelling down a 

 much frequented road to the place where disease has no 

 effect. This my friend is no phantasy. I do not say it 

 irom affectation. I feel it I cannot telieve in this 

 disease being contagious, or I should be certain that I 

 have caught it. I sleep with a youth who was born with 

 it and has it fully." 



In the opinion of Dr. L., the deceased, at that early 

 period, laboured under a hypertrophy of the heart. 



Through the whole of his apprenticeship, young God- 



