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aaanaged to .accomplish the means of doing all this_,gcod 

 to his country and to humanity ? 



The universal acclamations of his fellow-citizen^ 

 answer for me against such accusations. The last and 

 most solemn .marks of their esteem have terminated a 

 most useful career in a manner most glorious ; perhaps 

 we have, even to regret tbat they shortened its ,course. 



Having been nominated a member of the. conserva- 

 tive senate, he was desirous to fulfil his new duties as 

 he had discharged those of his whole life. He wa? 

 obliged .to make some, change in his regimen,. The 

 season was very severe. The. first Jtime he attended a 

 meeting of the body wbo elected him, he. was struck 

 with apoplexy, and fell senseless, into the arms of his 

 alarmed colleagues. The .most prompt assistance, could 

 restore consciousness only for a few minutes, during 

 which he appeared, as he always had been, the traii- 

 quil observer of Nature. He continued to touch with 

 his fingers, which were not deprived of sensation, the 

 different. parts of his body, indicating to his attendants 

 'the, progress of the paralysis. He died, on the 31st 

 December, .1799, at. the age of eighty ifour, without 

 suffering ; so. that we may say, that he attained a 

 happiness,, if not attended with the most brilliant 

 .accompaniments, .at ]east more perfect and free from 

 .mixture, than we can reasonably expect here. 



His funeral ..was such as .became one of our first 

 .magistrates, one of. our . most illustrious philosophers, 

 .and one of our most respectable citizens. People pJLall 



