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horror, which is generated by the union of law, morals, 

 and religion. With us they do not unite; and our laws 

 are a dead letter.&quot; (a) 



So too by the exertions of the philosophic and benevolent Sir S. 

 Sir Samuel Romilly, who was animated by a spirit public 

 as nature, and not terminated in any private design, the 

 criminal law has been purified ; and, instead of monthly 

 massacres of young men and women, we, in our noble 

 times, have lately read that &quot; there has not been one 

 execution in London during the present shrievalty.&quot; 

 With what joy, with what grateful remembrance has this 

 been read by the many friends of that illustrious statesman, 

 who, regardless of the senseless yells by which he was 

 vilified, went right onward in the improvement of law, the 

 advancement of knowledge, and the diffusion of charity, (b) 



Such were Bacon s public exertions. In private life he Private 

 was always cheerful and often playful, according to his llfe * 

 own favourite maxim, &quot; To be free-minded and cheerfully 

 disposed at hours of meat, and of sleep, and of exercise, is 

 one of the best precepts of long lasting.&quot; (c) 



(.) I was in the house when the observation was pressedly made by Sir 

 William. It apparently fell still-born. I said to a friend who was with 

 me, &quot; These punishments are at an end.&quot; 



(6) I never applied to him for an object in distress, but he thankfully 

 opened his purse. 



Of the reforms by the Lord Chancellor Brougham, it is not the proper 

 time, nor, perhaps, am I the proper person to form a correct judgment. 

 This will be the subject of future consideration. 



(c) &quot; His meals,&quot; says Dr. Rawley, &quot; were refections of 

 the ear as well as of the stomach, like the Noctes Attic, or 

 Convivia Deipno-Sophistarum ; wherein, a man might be 

 refreshed in his mind and understanding no less than in 

 his body. And I have known some, of no mean parts 

 that have professed to make use of their note-books when 

 they have risen from his table; in which conversations, 



