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upon the example with the eye of severity, but upon the 

 person with the eye of pity and compassion. &quot;(a) 



As a Judge, it has never been pretended that any decree Judge, 

 made by him was ever reversed as unjust, (b) 



As a Patron of preferment his favourite maxim was Patron. 

 &quot; Detur digniori, qui beneficium digno dat omnes obligat.&quot; 



As a Statesman he was indefatigable in his public Statesman. 

 exertions. &quot; Men think,&quot; he said, &quot; I cannot continue 

 if I should thus oppress myself with business; but my 

 account is made. The duties of life are more than life; 

 and if I die now, I shall die before the world is weary of 

 me, which in our times is somewhat rare.&quot; 



His love of reform, his master passion, manifested itself Reform as 

 both as a statesman and as a lawyer; but, before he 

 attempted any change he, with his usual caution, said, 

 &quot; There is a great difference between arts and civil 

 affairs ; arts and sciences should be like mines, resounding 

 on all sides with new works, and further progress : but 

 it is not good to try experiments in states except the 

 necessity be urgent or the utility evident; and well to 

 beware that it is the reformation that draweth on the 

 change and not the desire of change that pretendeth the 

 reformation.&quot; 



The desire to change he always regarded with great 

 jealousy. He knew that in its worst form it is the tool 

 by which demagogues delude and mislead ; (c) and in 

 its best form, when it originates in benevolence and a 

 love of truth, it is a passion by which kind intention has 

 rushed on with such fearless impetuosity, and wisdom 

 been hurried into such lamentable excess : it is so nearly 

 allied to a contempt of authority, find so frequently ac- 



() Rawley. (/&amp;gt;) See Rushvvorth, vol. i. p. 28. 



(&amp;lt;) See note, next page. 



