MEMOIR OF PALLAS. 71 



Baron Wimpfen, lieutenant-general in the Russian 

 service, who died at Luneville in consequence of 

 wounds received at the battle of Austerlitz. 



In the review of Pallas's history, it is impossible 

 not to recognise great sagacity, and the most de- 

 voted enthusiasm in his pursuits. The peace in 

 which he lived with his competitors, very decidedly 

 proclaims amiability, for it is difficult to attribute it 

 only to prudence; and though nothing so much 

 disposes to the exercise of benevolence as the expe- 

 riencing it, yet it does not always happen that where 

 a man is not assailed he does not attack others. 

 Those who were personally acquainted with him 

 commend the evenness and sprightliness of his dis- 

 position. He had no objection to pleasure as a 

 relaxation, but would never allow it to interfere 

 with his usefulness or repose. He was all his life 

 greatly engrossed with his scientific pursuits, and 

 experienced in them his chief and most satisfactory 

 delights. 



