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him the consequence, make him pay for the trouble and 

 the exposure ; Mr. Lang sent for him, and Grant came 

 to see me the next morning before 1 was dressed ; we 

 then agreed to settle the affair by his giving me a sa- 

 tisfactory remuneration for my trouble. 



I see no harm in Grant telling the good he has done 

 to his fellow creatures in distress it is my opinion that 

 the only thing that will recommend us to the favour of 

 God is by living a sober, virtuous, moral life; not the 

 sacrifice of the innocent person called his son, which 

 would be an act of injustice. Grant acted the part of 

 the good Samaritan, by attending those who were af- 

 flicted with the yellow fever. 1 believe him to be a 

 philanthropist, and hope that his good deeds will over- 

 balance his bad ones, so that he may get to his imagi- 

 nary heaven. 



As to a great part of what Grant has said about his 

 discoursing with Mr. Paine at my house, I believe not 

 {o be true, and particularly his leaving the company in 

 that abrupt manner in the evening, taking the candle 

 and going to bed, Mr. Paine was too well acquainted 

 with polite company to act in that manner, I never knew 

 him to go to bed without my going up before him with 

 the candle, during the 18 months he lived with me. 



I always believed Grant to be possessed of benevolent 

 and humane principles, 1 once said to himl did not be- 

 lieve that he believed that there were children in hell 

 not a span long, he replied and said it was all a delu- 

 sion. In the history of his life he has shown his hu- 

 mane principles and feelings. St James said, show me 

 your faith by your works : faith without good works is 

 dead, there is no merit in believing nor demerit in dig- 



